Meaning & use
Disseisin
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In law, the wrongful dispossession of a person from the freehold possession of land.
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The medieval court heard a claim of disseisin after the tenant was forcibly removed from his farm.
The lawyer argued that the neighbor's fence constituted an act of disseisin against the family's property.
A note on using this word
A term rooted in English common law, paired with its opposite "seisin," meaning rightful possession of land.
Words with a similar meaning
dispossessioneviction
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Words with an opposite meaning
seisin
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