About The Word Disseize
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Disseize
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What's The Definition Of Disseize?Synonyms | Synonyms for Disseize: Related Terms | Find terms related to Disseize: See Also | Disseize In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*seize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disseized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disseizing}.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.]
(Law)
To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess 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.
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