disseisin

disseisin (dis-see-zin), n. The act of wrongfully depriving someone of the freehold possession of property; DISPOSSESSION. — Also spelled disseizin. [Cases: Property 10. C.J.S. Property §§ 27–31, 33.]

disseisin by election. A legal fiction by which a property owner is allowed to claim that he or she has been disseised, regardless of whether this is actually true, in order to have a remedy against an adverse claimant.

equitable disseisin. The wrongful deprivation of the equitable ownership, possession, or the fruits of ownership or possession.

fresh disseisin. The right at common law of a person disseised of land to forcefully eject the disseisor from the land without resort to law, as long as the ejection occurred soon after the disseisin.


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