seisin
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English
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Etymology
From Middle English seisin, seysen, from Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from Early Medieval Latin sacīre, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan) and Old English settan. More at seize, seise.
Noun
seisin (plural seisins)
- (law, historical) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession.
- (obsolete) The act of taking possession.
- (obsolete) The thing possessed; property.
- 1713, [Matthew Hale], “.] Sect. XLIII. Concerning Wrongs which Carry with Them an Amotion of Possession.”, in The History and Analysis of the Common Law of England: , : J Nutt, assignee of Edw Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, , →OCLC, page 131:
- Diſſeiſin is a large Title, and is an unlawful Entry and Ouſter of him that has an actual Seiſin and Freehold.
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Translations
(historical) feudal right to possession
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Old French
Noun
seisin oblique singular, m (oblique plural seisins, nominative singular seisins, nominative plural seisin)
- act of seizing
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Descendants
- → English: seisin
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (saisin)