illegal seizure of another's property; state of being deprived of one's property
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Disseizin Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
disseizin
\dis*sei"zin\ (?), n. [of. dessaisine.] (law) the act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [written also disseisin.]
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Disseizin Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In English law, the Assize of novel disseisin ("recent dispossession") was an action to recover lands of which the plaintiff had been disseised, or dispossessed. The action became extremely popular due to its expediency. Rather than dealing with the issue of lawful possession, it simply asked whether a dispossession had taken place, in which case the property was restored to the plaintiff, and the question of true ownership was dealt with later.
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