SAISIE-IMMOBILIER

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SAISIE-IMMOBILIERE. A writ by which the creditor puts in the custody of the 
  law the immovables of his debtor, that out of the proceeds of their sale, he 
  may be paid his demand. The term is French, and is used in Louisiana.