Disseisin
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Meaning of Disseisin
The wrongful putting out of one who is actually seised of a freehold. The act of Wrongfully depriving a person of the seisin of land, rents or other hereditaments. In the case of land, the disseised person has both a right of entry and a right of action.
Disseisin Alternative Definition
A privation of seisin; a usurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers and privileges of ownership as to keep out or displace him to whom these rightfully belonff 2 Washb. Real Prop. 283. The act of divesting the owner of his seisin and possession of the land, and substituting in its place the ownership and possession of the disseisor. The change in the meaning of the word, and the distinction between it and "deforcement," stated. 9 Cow. (N. Y.) 530, S52. An actual and wrongful expulsion from a freehold. Dispossession may be by right or wrong. 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 197. And see 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 189, 194.
Synonyms of Disseisin
noun
arrogation
assuming ownership
attachment
capture
commandeering
compulsory acquisition
confiscation
deprivation
deprivation of possession
disendowment
displacement of rightful owner
dispossession
distraint
distress
divestment
exclusion of entitled owner
expropriation
forcible seizure
foreclosure
impropriation
ouster
prehension
privation of seisin
seizure
sequestration
takeover
taking
taking possession
taking without compensation
wrongful dispossession
Associated Concepts: adverse possession
disseisin by election
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Disseisin in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Ouster or deprivation of a freehold. A wrongful putting of him out of that is seised of a freehold, - is in actual possession. 3 Bl. Com. 169. Where one man invades the possession of another, and by force or surprise turns him out of the occupation of lands: being a deprivation of that actual seisin, or corporal freehold of the lands, which the tenant before enjoyed. 2 Bl. Com 195; 5 Conn. 257, 518; 58 Ill. 589; 56 Me. 268; 2 Wend. 166.
Note: This legal definition of Disseisin in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Concept of Disseisin in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Disseisin: A wrongful dispossession of someone seised (in rightful possession) of real property.
Concept of Disseisin in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Disseisin: A wrongful dispossession of someone seised (in rightful possession) of real property.
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