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Definition of seizin

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Seizin (n.) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership..

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Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Seizing :: Seizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seiz.

Catching :: Catching (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of.

Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..

Seisin :: Seisin (n.) See Seizin.

Rapine :: Rapine (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.

Disseizing :: Disseizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disseiz.

Ouster :: Ouster (n.) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.

Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin..

Houseline :: Houseline (n.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.

Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp..

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..

Investiture :: Investiture (n.) Livery of seizin.

Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession.

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..

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth..