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Nul :: Nul (a.) No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort..

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

Incorporeal :: Incorporeal (a.) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal.

Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession.

Levy :: Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods..

Disseizing :: Disseizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disseiz.

Prensation :: Prensation (n.) The act of seizing with violence.

Post-disseizin :: Post-disseizin (n.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished..

Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin..

Rapine :: Rapine (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise..

Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.

Disseizure :: Disseizure (n.) Disseizin.

Catching :: Catching (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of.

Seizin :: Seizin (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..

Kingfisher :: Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies..

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth..

Houseline :: Houseline (n.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.

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