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- Dictionarydisseize/dɪ(s)ˈsiːz/
verb
- 1. dispossess (someone) of land or property: historical "his ancestors had held the land but had been disseized in the fifteenth century"
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DISSEIZE definition: to deprive wrongfully of real property; dispossess unlawfully | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
verb. dis· seise (ˌ)di (s)-ˈsēz. variants or disseize. disseised or disseized; disseising or disseizing. transitive verb. : to deprive especially wrongfully of seisin : dispossess. disseisor. (ˌ)di (s)-ˈsē-zər. noun. Did you know?
To remove (a party) wrongly from real property that is lawfully possessed. [Middle English disseisen, from Anglo-Norman disseisir, variant of Old French dessaisir : des-, dis- + saisir, to seize; see seize .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
DISSEIZE definition: to deprive wrongfully of real property; dispossess unlawfully | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English
Aug 7, 2023 · disseize (third-person singular simple present disseizes, present participle disseizing, simple past and past participle disseized) ( law, archaic) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land). to disseize a tenant of his freehold.
To remove (a party) wrongly from real property that is lawfully possessed. [Middle English disseisen, from Anglo-Norman disseisir, variant of Old French dessaisir : des-, dis- + saisir, to seize; see seize .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Disseize definition: To remove (a party) wrongly from real property that is lawfully possessed.
What does the verb disseise mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb disseise, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.
disseize ( third-person singular simple present disseizes, present participle disseizing, simple past and past participle disseized) ( legal) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land). to disseize a tenant of his freehold.
disseise. C14: from Anglo-Norman desseisir, from dis- + seize. Disseise definition: to deprive (a person) of seizin, or of the possession, of a freehold interest in land, especially wrongfully or by force; oust.. See examples of DISSEISE used in a sentence.
