Disseize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈsiːz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Disseize is a verb meaning (law, archaic) To deprive of seisin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).
Meaning
(law, archaic) To deprive of seisin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).
Example Sentences
to disseize a tenant of his freehold
which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof
Word Forms
- disseizes
- disseizing
- disseized
- disseise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disseise, dispossess, redisseize, disproperty, distrain, unseize.
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