Definition of seizin

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Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession.

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Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
Swoopstake :: Swoop (n.) A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping..
Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..
Distraint :: Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
Houseline :: Houseline (n.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.
Disseizing :: Disseizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disseiz.
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
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..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..
Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..
Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The thing possessed; property.
Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession.
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..
Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.
Nul :: Nul (a.) No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort..
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..
Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
Rapine :: Rapine (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
Prensation :: Prensation (n.) The act of seizing with violence.
Catching :: Catching (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of.
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