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Cease vs Seise - What's the difference?

cease | seise |

As verbs the difference between cease and seise

is that cease is to stop while seise is to vest ownership of a freehold estate in (someone).

cease

English

Verb

(ceas)
  • (formal) To stop.
    • And with that, his twitching ceased .
  • (formal) To stop doing (something).
    • And with that, he ceased twitching.
  • (obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xv. 11
    • The poor shall never cease out of the land.

    seise

    English

    Verb

    (seis)
  • (legal) To vest ownership of a freehold estate in (someone).
  • *
  • (transitive, with of, legal) To put in possession.
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  • * 2011 , Article 3 section 7, Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011, Official Journal of the European Union L 55/15
    • Where the appeal committee is seised , it shall meet at the earliest 14 days, except in duly justified cases, and at the latest 6 weeks, after the date of referral.
  • (dated) To seize.

    • Synonyms

    * possess

    Usage notes

    * Usually used in passive.

    Anagrams

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