seisin
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 6
Definition of seisin
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (historical)An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession.
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noun
- (historical)An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession.
- (obsolete)The act of taking possession.
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(obsolete)The thing possessed; property.
“Diſſeiſin is a large Title, and is an unlawful Entry and Ouſter of him that has an actual Seiſin and Freehold.”
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Etymology
From Middle English seisin, seysen, from Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from Early Medieval Latin sacīre, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan) and Old English settan. More at seize, seise.
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