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n. [ Pref. post- + disseizin. ] (O. Eng. Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. saisine. See Seize. ] 1. (Law) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of taking possession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The thing possessed; property. Sir M. Halle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Livery of seizin. (Eng. Law) See Note under Livery, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]