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Definition of Disseize
1. v. t. To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold.
Definition of Disseize
1. Verb. (legal) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land). ¹
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Definition of Disseize
1. to disseise [v -SEIZED, -SEIZING, -SEIZES] - See also: disseise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disseize
Literary usage of Disseize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"... title only comes in question, as in either case the plea is, the deft, is not
guilty, or did not disseize Jcc. The best way is, to join with the deft., ..."
2. An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain by Jeremy Collier (1840)
"... in the beginning of Lent, the parliament being 379. summoned to Westminster,
the commons presented a petition by way of bill to the king, to disseize ..."
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