English

Alternative forms

• seizin

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.

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Related terms

• sasine

Translations

See also

• livery of seisin

Old French

Noun

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

1. act of seizing

Descendants

• English: seisin (borrowed)

Synonyms

• saisine

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (saisin)