verb (used with object), dis·seized, dis·seiz·ing. Law.- to deprive (a person) of seizin, or of the possession, of a freehold interest in land, especially wrongfully or by force; oust.
Origin of disseize
1250–1300; Middle English disseise <
Anglo-French disseisir, equivalent to
dis- dis-1 +
seisir to
seize Related formsdis·sei·zor, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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