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 you very well know, that they would be correct, Mr. Fish being in peaceable possession of the premises, whether he were so by seisin or disseisin, by right or by wrong.
From Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained by William Apess
For the lease could not, and the reversion would not be likely to, go by disseisin.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is an assize of novel disseisin brought by a certain William the son of Henry against his lord Bartholomew the son of Eustace.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Rent was treated in early law as a real right, of which a disseisin was possible, and for which a possessory action could be brought.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Comparative peace having been restored, and the judicial bench purged of feudal partisans, private persons ventured to complain of outrageous acts of "novel disseisin", or unlawful appropriation of men's lands.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
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