1. unlawfully depriving someone of possession of real property
Usage: legal; archaic

Examples

• The court found evidence of disseising the rightful landowner.
• Medieval records show instances of nobles disseising peasants of their holdings.
• The legal document accused him of disseising his neighbor’s estate.
• Ancient property laws severely punished those guilty of disseising.
• The plaintiff claimed the defendant was disseising him of his inheritance.