Disseisin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of disseizing. countable, uncountable

    "The United States cannot acquire jurisdiction tortiously or by disseisin of the state, or by occupancy with merely the tacit consent of the state."

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disownmentdispossessionevictionforeclosurerepossession

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"The United States cannot acquire jurisdiction tortiously or by disseisin of the state, or by occupancy with merely the tacit consent of the state."

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