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Definition of "disseizin" []

  • Law Wrongful dispossession of one in the possession of real property. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "disseizin" in a sentence
  • "Why should the disseizin of his soul have seemed shameful to him?"
  • "Nothing short of a direct prohibition can work a disseizin of rights that are fundamental."
  • "An Act relating to the conveyance of real estate in cases of disseizin."
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