seisin

English

Alternative forms

• seizin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English seysen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *saciō, from the same (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan) and Old English settan. More at seize.

Noun

seisin (plural seisins)

1. (law, common law, historical) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today.
2. (obsolete) The act of taking possession.
3. (obsolete) The thing possessed; property.

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Related terms

• sasine

Translations

(historical) feudal right to possession

• Dutch: weer (nl) f
• French: saisine (fr) f
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• German: Gewere f

See also

• livery of seisin

Anagrams

• niseis

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Old French

Noun

seisin oblique singular, m (oblique plural seisins, nominative singular seisins, nominative plural seisin)

1. act of seizing

Synonyms

• saisine

Descendants

• → English: seisin

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (saisin)