disseisin

American  

[dis-see-zin] / dɪsˈsi zɪn /

Sometimes disseizin

noun

Law.

1. the act of disseising.

2. the state of being disseized.

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disseisin British  

/ dɪsˈsiːzɪn /

noun

1. the act of disseising or state of being disseised

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Etymology

Origin of disseisin

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English disseisine, from Anglo-French; see dis- ¹, seisin

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

disseisin

These are your only true weapons, Sir Ralph—your writs of entry, assise, and right—your pleas of novel disseisin, post-disseisin, and re-disseisin—your remitters, your præcipes, your pones, and your recordari faciases.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth

Assize of novel disseisin was an action to recover lands of which the plaintiff had been “disseised” or dispossessed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

He who has possession of land, though it is by disseisin,     has right against all men but against him who has right.

From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by S. A. Reilly

Of course if a right had already been acquired before the disseisin different considerations would apply.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

We even find in the Mirror that the villains ought to have the assise of novel disseisin as a remedy in case of dispossession.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

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