Dictionary

disseizin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈsiːzɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English disseisen, from Anglo-Norman disseisine; equivalent to dis- + seizin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.
   • Disseizin of things corporeal , as of houses , lands , & c . , must be by entry and actual dispossession of the freehold 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Dispossession.
   • Why should the disseizin of his soul have seemed shameful to him? 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

Forms

Deriveds

redisseizin · novel disseizin