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; dis- ¹, seisin

Example Sentences

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 Hunt, William

For the lease could not, and the reversion would not be likely to, go by disseisin.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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 Apess, William

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

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