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Seisin

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession. historical
  2. 2
    The act of taking possession. obsolete
  3. 3
    The thing possessed; property. obsolete

    "Diſſeiſin is a large Title, and is an unlawful Entry and Ouſter of him that has an actual Seiſin and Freehold."

Etymology

From Middle English seisin, seysen, from Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from Early Medieval Latin sacīre, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan) and Old English settan. More at seize, seise.

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