disseisin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disseisin
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English disseisine, from Anglo-French; see dis- 1, seisin
Example Sentences
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For the lease could not, and the reversion would not be likely to, go by disseisin.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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 Ainsworth, William Harrison
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 Reilly, S. A.
In this action, known as an action of disseisin or ejectment, both possession of the land and damages may be recovered.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
When it pleased the lord afterwards to eject the tenant, this latter actually brought an assize of novel disseisin and recovered possession.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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