redisseizin

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/ˌɹiːdɪˈsiːzɪn/

noun

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.

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postdisseisin
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Meanings

nounredisseizin (countable and uncountable, plural redisseizins)

plural redisseizins · alternative redisseisin

  1. countableuncountablelawA 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.

    writ of redisseizin

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

    Synonyms: postdisseisin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

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postdisseisin
Also see
postdisseisin

Origin

From re- + disseizin.

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APA

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

MLA

“redisseizin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redisseizin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redisseizin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redisseizin.

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