seisin

American  

[see-zin] / ˈsi zɪn /

Sometimes seizin

noun

Law.

1. (originally) possession of either land or chattel.

2. the kind of possession or right to possession characteristic of estates of freehold.

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seisin British  

/ ˈsiːzɪn /

noun

1. property law feudal possession of an estate in land

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Etymology

Origin of seisin

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French saisine, equivalent to sais(ir) “to take, seize” + -ine noun suffix; see origin at seize, -in(e) ²

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Example Sentences

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seisin

John Palmer is put in seisin of his father's tenement and gives the lord 53s.4d. as entry money.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly

John Franklain is put in seisin of his father's tenement and gives the lord 20s. for entry; pledge, Robert Serjeant.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly

Smith is put in seisin of his father's tenement and gives the lord four pounds for entry money.

From Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. by S. A. Reilly

I could tell you of the siesta of the new Prometheus, when, perched on the Mount Caucasus of a bleak chain-cable, he gave himself postprandially, in full livery of seisin, to the vulturous sun.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

The whole business was in fact to be as formal as the delivery of the seisin of Scotland to Edward during the suit for the succession.

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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