Seizin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seizin \Sei"zin\, n. [F. saisine. See {Seize}.]
     1. (Law) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It
        may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is
        actual possession, the latter when there is a right to
        such possession by construction of law. In some of the
        United States seizin means merely ownership. --Burrill.


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     2. The act of taking possession. [Obs.]
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     3. The thing possessed; property. --Sir M. Halle.
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     Note: Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin.
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     {Livery of seizin}. (Eng. Law) See Note under {Livery}, 1.
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