disseizin

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/dɪˈsiːzɪn/

noun

The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.

OriginMiddle English disseisen ← Anglo-Norman disseisine →
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Meanings

noundisseizin (countable and uncountable, plural disseizins)

plural disseizins · alternative disseisin

  1. countableuncountablelawThe act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.

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

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. countablefigurativelyuncountableDispossession.

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

    1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normandisseisine
  2. Middle Englishdisseisen
  3. Englishdisseizin

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

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APA

disseizin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseizin

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Chicago

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