1. past tense of disseise; wrongfully deprived someone of land or property
Usage: legal; archaic

Examples

• The nobleman was disseised of his estate by the corrupt officials.
• After the war, many landowners found themselves disseised of their ancestral properties.
• The court ruled that the plaintiff had been unlawfully disseised.
• Historical records show how peasants were often disseised during feudal disputes.
• The legal document proved he had been disseised without proper cause.
• She sought to recover the lands from which she had been disseised.