seisin

• seizin

From Middle English seysen, from Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from Vulgar Latin *saciō, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan) and Old English settan. More at seize.

seisin (plural seisins)

1. (law, common law, historical) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today.
2. (obsolete) The act of taking possession.
3. (obsolete) The thing possessed; property.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir M. Hale to this entry?)

• sasine

• livery of seisin

• niseis

seisin m (oblique plural seisins, nominative singular seisins, nominative plural seisin)

1. act of seizing

• saisine

• English: seisin (borrowed)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (saisin)