disseize
verb/dɪˈsiːz/
Etymology From dis- + seize: compare French dessaisir.
1
Law Archaic To deprive of seisin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).
- to disseize a tenant of his freehold
- which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- disseizee, disseizin, disseizor, redisseize