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Webster 1913 Edition


Seisin

Sei′sin

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Noun.
See
Seizin
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Spenser.

Definition 2024


seisin

seisin

English

Alternative forms

Noun

seisin (plural seisins)

  1. (law, common law, historical) A feudal term for an entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; still used in technical discussions of real property law today.
  2. (obsolete) The act of taking possession.
  3. (obsolete) The thing possessed; property.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir M. Hale to this entry?)

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See also

  • livery of seisin

Old French

Noun

seisin m (oblique plural seisins, nominative singular seisins, nominative plural seisin)

  1. act of seizing

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References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (saisin)