What does "disseizin" mean?

The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.

Disseizin

//dɪˈsiːzɪn// noun

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Noun

1
The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands. countable, uncountable
"Disseizin of things corporeal , as of houses , lands , & c . , must be by entry and actual dispossession of the freehold"
2
Dispossession. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"Why should the disseizin of his soul have seemed shameful to him?"

"Disseizin of things corporeal , as of houses , lands , & c . , must be by entry and actual dispossession of the freehold"

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

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