disseizing

Variant of disseize

transitive verb disseized, disseizing

Law to deprive wrongfully of real property; dispossess unlawfully
also spelled disseise

Origin: ME disseisen < Anglo-Fr disseisir < OFr dessaisir: see dis- & seize

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