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n. Variant of seisin.

n. Alternative form of seisin.

n. 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.

n. The act of taking possession.

n. The thing possessed; property.

n. In law: Originally, the completion of the ceremony of feudal investiture, by which the tenant was admitted into his freehold.

n. Hence— Possession as of freehold—that is, the possession which a freeholder could assert and maintain by appeal to law.

n. Possession of land actual or constructive under rightful title.

n. The thing possessed.

n. (e ) Ownership and possession of chattels.

""'Janooary wan, Private Dooley distinguished himsilf at th' Battle iv Ogoowan in th 'island iv Samar be rushin' out in a perfect hell iv putty-balls, rice, arrers, an 'harsh cries, an' seizin 'th' gin'ral iv th 'Tamalese an' batin 'him over th' head with his own bean-blower."

livery of seizin    writ of seizin    seizin by hasp and staple    seizin ox    equitable seizin   

possession    property