Disseize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Law To dispossess unlawfully of real property; oust.
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  • v. To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In law, to dispossess wrongfully; deprive of actual seizin or possession: followed by of: as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. See disseizin.
    • Word Usage
    "When they only denied the fruit, he did not distrain upon them for rent, nor disseize them and dispossess them for non-payment; but when they killed his servants, and his Son, he determined to destroy them; and this was fulfilled when Jerusalem was laid waste, and the Jewish nation extirpated and made a desolation."
    Verb Form
    disseized    disseizes    disseizing   
    Variant
    disseise   
    Form
    disseized    disseizing   
     
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