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disseizin

/dɪˈsiːzɪn/

disseizin noun: the act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.

Noun

disseizin (countable and uncountable, plural disseizins)

  1. The 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 freehold1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) Dispossession.
    • Why should the disseizin of his soul have seemed shameful to him?1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Forms of disseizin

pluraldisseizins
alternative formdisseisin

Origin of disseizin

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

Words formed from disseizin

Questions about disseizin

What does disseizin mean?
Disseizin means the act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.
What part of speech is disseizin?
Disseizin is a noun.
How do you pronounce disseizin?
Disseizin is pronounced /dɪˈsiːzɪn/.
What is the plural of disseizin?
The plural of disseizin is disseizins.

Words near disseizin in the dictionary

  1. disseize
  2. disseized
  3. disseizee
  4. disseizees
  5. disseizes
  6. disseizin
  7. disseizing
  8. disseizins
  9. disseizor
  10. disseizoress
  11. disseizoresses

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