n. [ OF. dessaisine. ] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
n. [ Pref. post- + disseizin. ] (O. Eng. Law) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. dessaisine. ] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
n. [ Pref. post- + disseizin. ] (O. Eng. Law) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]