1. Plural of disseisin; unlawful dispossession of a person from the possession of land or property, especially in feudal or medieval law.
Usage: archaic; legal/historical; chiefly British legal history

Examples

• The court heard multiple cases of disseisins brought against the lord by displaced tenants.
• Medieval records document numerous disseisins of noble families during the civil unrest.
• The statute addressed remedies for disseisins committed without legal authority.
• Disseisins were serious offenses under common law and could result in substantial penalties.
• The plaintiff claimed that several disseisins of his ancestral lands had occurred over the decades.