Definition of Seisin. Meaning of Seisin. Synonyms of Seisin

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Definition of Seisin

Seisin
Seisin Sei"sin, n. See Seizin. --Spenser.

Meaning of Seisin from wikipedia

- Seisin (or seizin) is a legal concept that denotes the right to legal possession of a thing, usually a fiefdom, fee, or an estate in land. It is similar...
- Livery of seisin (/ˈsiːzɪn/) is an archaic legal conveyancing ceremony, formerly practised in feudal England and in other countries following English common...
- baronets of the colonising kind, and yet were desirous, no doubt, to take seisin of their purchased grants in Nova Scotia, old Sir William, always provident...
- delivery is thought to symbolically replace the ancient ceremony of livery of seisin. The traditional phrase signed, sealed and delivered refers to the practice...
- term in English law was livery of seisin (but not the term seisin). Seisin, English feudal equivalent Livery of seisin Moot hill, a sasine ceremony of barony...
- to the use of, or upon trust for, persons other than those to whom the seisin or legal possession was delivered, to which the equitable jurisdiction of...
- seize in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seize or seise may refer to: Seisin, legal possession of property Seizing, a class of knots used to semi-permanently...
- ownership and possession of the same person, there is unity of seisin. Where there is unity of seisin, any profits à prendre the dominant tenement enjoys over...
- annexata maneria. The first duke ordered a survey called "The Caption of Seisin of the Duchy of Cornwall" in May 1337 to determine the extent of duchy holdings...
- the delivery of seisin, was generally effected on the land itself in a symbolic ceremony termed "feoffment with [de]livery of seisin." In the ceremony...