Seisin
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Meaning of Seisin
The possession of land or a freehold tenure. At common law , the term imported a feudal investiture of title by actual possession. It is the relation in which a person stands to land or other hereditaments when he has in them an estate of freehold in possession; such a person is said to be seised of the land. At common law the term seisin is used to denote possession of freehold whereas the word possession is applied to leaseholds and other personal property. Seisin may be actual, that is, the person entitled to the freehold land is himself in the actual possession or where it is occupied by a person claiming under him such as his lessee. It is constructive or said to be in law where he inherits the land from an ancestor who died intestate and has not taken actual possession of the land by entering the same. For a seisin can be obtained only by actual entry and taking possession by the freeholder or by anyone claiming under him.
Seisin Alternative Definition
The completloli of the feudal Investiture, by which the tenant was admitted into the feud, and performed the rites of homage and fealty. Stearns, Real Actions, 2. Possession with an intent on the part of him who holds it to claim a freehold interest. 8 N. H. 58; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 35; 115 111. 183. Immediately upon the investiture or livery of seisin, the tenant became tenant of the freehold; and the term "seisin" originally contained the idea of possession derived from a superior lord of whom the tenant held. There could be but one seisin, and the person holding it was regarded for the time as the rightful owner. Litt. § 701; 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 136. In the early history of the country, livery of seisin seems to have been occasionally practiced. See 1 Washb. Real Prop. 34, note; Colony Laws (Mass.) 85, 86; Smith, Landl. & Ten. (Morris Ed.) 6, note. Seisin and ownership, as to corporeal hereditaments, in the common law sense of the term, mean practically the same thing. 115 111. 182. In Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, seisin means merely "ownership," and the distinction between seisin in deed and in law is not known in practice. Walk. Am. Law, 324, 330; 4 Day (Conn.) 305; 4 Mass. 489; 14 Pick. (Mass.) 224; 6 Mete. (Mass.) 439. A patent by the commonwealth, in Kentucky, gives a right Df entry, but not actual seisin. 3 Bibb (Ky.) 57. Seisin in fact is possession with intent on the part of him who holds it to claim a freehold interest. Seisin in law is a right of immediate possession according to the nature of the estate. Cowell; tiomyn. Dig. "Seisin" (A 1, 2). See "Livery of Seisin."
Synonyms of Seisin
noun
control
hold
mastery
occupancy
occupation
ownership
possession
possessorship
tenancy
tenure
title Associated Concepts: actual seisin
constructive seisin
covenant of seisin
equitable seisin
seisin in deed
seisin in fact
seisin in law
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Seisin in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
French scisin, to make to possess or to sit upon. The possession of land under a claim, either express or implied by law, of an estate amounting at least to a freehold. Towle v. Ayer, 8 N.H. 59 (1835). See Seisina below. Originally, seisin was the completion of the feudal investiture; it now means ownership. A "covenant of seisin" and a "covenant of right to convey" are synonymous. Cook v. Hammond, 4 Mass. 488 (1827).
Note: This legal definition of Seisin in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Concept of Seisin (seizin) in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Seisin (seizin): An optional speling of existing definition, which is spelled seisen (seizen).
Concept of Seisin (seizin) in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Seisin (seizin): An optional speling of existing definition, which is spelled seisen (seizen).
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