The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
--Blackstone.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal English) The act of disseising. 2 (context legal English) The act of depriving one of land or chattels.
Usage examples of "disseisin".
Rent was treated in early law as a real right, of which a disseisin was possible, and for which a possessory action could be brought.
In the assize of novel disseisin, which which was a true possessory action, the defendant could always rely on his title.
Inquests of novel disseisin (a legal procedure to provide redress for those who have had their freehold unjustly taken), of mort d’ancester (a legal procedure to provide redress for those who have been denied an inheritance), and of darrein presentment (last presentation), shall not be held elsewhere than in their own county courts and that in manner following,—We, or, if we should be out of the realm, our chief justiciar, will send two justiciars through every county four times a year, who shall, along with four knights of the county chosen by the county, hold the said assize in the county court, on the day and in the place of meeting of that court.
Of course if a right had already been acquired before the disseisin different considerations would apply.
Inquests of novel disseisin, of mort d’ancestor, and of darrein presentment shall not be held elsewhere than in their own county courts, and that in manner following.