redisseizin

English

Alternative forms

• redisseisin

Etymology

From re- +‎ disseizin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːdɪˈsiːzɪn/

Noun

redisseizin (plural redisseizins)

1. (law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have disseized the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     writ of redisseizin

Usage notes

In layman's terms, this might be defined as a seizure or taking of someone's land again after already being judged guilty of wrongfully taking it before, or a document of the same. Whilst far from a perfect match, a similar concept might be considered "repeat trespass to real property" in US property law.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “redisseizin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)