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.