disseisin in English
noun
[dis·sei·sin· || ‚dɪ'siːzɪn]
illegal seizure of another's property; state of being deprived of one's property
Use "disseisin" in a sentence
1. Assizes were of four kinds: Mort d'ancestor Novel Disseisin Darrien Presentment; and Utrum
2. Attaint on novel disseisin William de Worthstede v Roger Geney knight, William parson of Sloleye, Roger vicar of Scothowe, and Roger de Worthstede and Thomas and Robert his brothers
3. In English law, the Assize of novel disseisin ("recent dispossession"; / d ɪ s ˈ s iː z ɪ n /) was an action to recover lands of which the plaintiff had been disseised, or dispossessed.It was one of the so-called "petty (possessory) Assizes" established by Henry II in the wake of the Assize of Clarendon of 1166; and like the other two was only abolished in 1833.