disseizin

English

Alternative forms

• disseisin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsiːzɪn/

Noun

disseizin (countable and uncountable, plural disseizins)

1. (law) The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

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

2. (figuratively) Dispossession.
   • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

     Why should the disseizin of his soul have seemed shameful to him?

Derived terms

• novel disseizin
• redisseizin