Seisin
Alternative forms
Origin
Middle English seysen, from Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from Vulgar Latin *saciÅ, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic ðƒðŒ°ð„ðŒ¾ðŒ°ðŒ½ and Old English settan. More at seize.
Full definition of seisin
Noun
seisin
(plural seisins)- (legal, common law, historical) A feudal term for an entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; still used in technical discussions of real property law today.
- (obsolete) The act of taking possession.
- (obsolete) The thing possessed; property.