noun
- the wrongful dispossession of someone from their land or property
Usage: legal; archaic
Examples
- The court ruled that the disseizin was unlawful and ordered the land to be returned.
- Medieval law recognized disseizin as a serious offense against property rights.
- The tenant filed a complaint alleging disseizin by the landlord.
- Historical records show numerous cases of disseizin during feudal times.
- The legal remedy for disseizin was typically restoration of the property.