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10 words match “DISSEIZE”

DISSEIZE v.
ossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.
DISSEIZEE n.
A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]
REDISSEIZE v.
To disseize anew, or a second time. [Written also redisseise.]
DISPOSSESS v.
ossession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.
DISSEIZOR n.
One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.
DISSEIZORESS n.
A woman disseizes.
POST-DISSEIZIN n.
A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins.
POST-DISSEIZOR n.
A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. Blackstone.
REDISSEIZOR n.
One who redisseizes.
RESEIZE v.
To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.