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- 1. dispossess (someone) of land or property: historical "his ancestors had held the land but had been disseized in the fifteenth century"
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to deprive especially wrongfully of seisin : dispossess… See the full definition
DISSEIZE definition: to deprive wrongfully of real property; dispossess unlawfully | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
To remove (a party) wrongly from real property that is lawfully possessed. [Middle English disseisen, from Anglo-Norman disseisir, variant of Old French dessaisir : des-, dis- + saisir, to seize; see seize .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Aug 7, 2023 · disseize (third-person singular simple present disseizes, present participle disseizing, simple past and past participle disseized) ( law, archaic) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land). to disseize a tenant of his freehold.
Disseise definition: to deprive (a person) of seizin, or of the possession, of a freehold interest in land, especially wrongfully or by force; oust.. See examples of DISSEISE used in a sentence.
disseize ( third-person singular simple present disseizes, present participle disseizing, simple past and past participle disseized) ( legal) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land). to disseize a tenant of his freehold.
Disseize definition: To remove (a party) wrongly from real property that is lawfully possessed.
