disseizin

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/dɪˈsiːzɪn/

Definition of disseizin

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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”
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noun

  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”
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Dispossession.
    “Why should the disseizin of his soul have seemed shameful to him?”

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Etymology

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

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