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Disseize vs Disseizee - What's the difference?

disseize | disseizee |

In lang=en terms the difference between disseize and disseizee

is that disseize is to deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land) while disseizee is one who is disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully.

As a verb disseize

is to deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).

As a noun disseizee is

one who is disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully.

disseize

English

Alternative forms

* disseise

Verb

(disseiz)
  • (legal) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land).
    • to disseize a tenant of his freehold
    Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. — Holland.
    (Webster 1913)

    disseizee

    English

    Alternative forms

    * disseisee

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) One who is disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully.
    • (Webster 1913)