The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seizin \Sei"zin\, n. [F. saisine. See Seize.]
(Law) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.
--Burrill.The act of taking possession. [Obs.]
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The thing possessed; property.
--Sir M. Halle.Note: Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin.
Livery of seizin. (Eng. Law) See Note under Livery, 1.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of seisin English)
Usage examples of "seizin".
Edward would once consent to give him seizin and possession of that province, he would think his honor fully repaired, would engage to restore Guienne immediately, and would accept of a very easy satisfaction for all the other injuries.
Something of the dark Lord of the Dead was there, had retaken seizin of his deck.
And a soldier, running to a neighboring cottage, plucked some thatch, which, as if giving him seizin of the kingdom, he presented to his general.
I go to take seizin of the grandest dominion on the curve of the globe.
I shall be proud to name Brian my vassal, if he will take seizin from me.