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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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Levy :: Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods..

Incorporeal :: Incorporeal (a.) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal.

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..

Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The operation of fastening together or lashing.

Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..

Seizin :: 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..

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..

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

Distraint :: Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

Raid :: Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury..

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..

Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise..

Seizin :: Seizin (n.) The thing possessed; property.

Post-disseizin :: Post-disseizin (n.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished..

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..