seizin
- a variation of seisin.
Example Sentences
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Since seizin power in mid-August last year, the Taliban have imposed harsh edicts in Afghanistan, harking back to their repressive rule during the late 1990s.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
But, before this, William was to show himself as a warrior beyond the bounds of his own duchy, and to take seizin, as it were, of his great continental conquest.
From William the Conqueror by Freeman, Edward Augustus
Of freeholds only can a seizin be had, or a disseizin done.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
A lawful seizin of land is presumed to continue.
From Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. by Howard, Benjamin C.
Then the King put Iseult’s right hand into Tristan’s right hand, and Tristan held it for a space in token of seizin for the King of Cornwall.
From The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Belloc, Hilaire
