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disseise

French dessaisir, from des-, prefix marking reversal + saisir to put in possession of] : to deprive of seisin wrongfully : unjustly dispossess dis·sei·sor [-sē-zər] n

Advowson

advowson appendant, and two of them release their right of the patronage to the third, he then becomes seised of two thirds of the advowson as in gross and of the unsevered third as appendant; but on

Aiel, or Aile

Fr.; avus Lat., a grandfather], a writ which lay when a man's grandfather, or great-grandfather (called besaile), died seised of lands in fee-simple, and on the day of his death the heir was dispossessed of his inheritance

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Assise of mort d' ancestor

mort d' ancestor, a writ which lay where a person's father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, etc., died, seised of land, and a stranger abated. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27.

Bargain and sale

early times of goods sold without delivery, the vendor of land being held originally to possess or be seised of the property to the use of the purchaser. In the case of goods the Common Law rule

Consummation

wife's death, becomes entitled to hold her lands in fee simple or fee tail, of which she was seised during the marriage, for his own life, provided he has had issue by her, capable of inheriting. His

Cosenage, or cosinage

writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or great-grandfather, was seised of lands in fee at his death, and a stranger entered upon the land and abated, Fitz. N.B.

Gavelkind

of their respective fathers. The partible quality of gavelkind extends also to estates-tail, for if a person die seised in tail of lands held in gavelkind, all his sons shall inherit together as heirs of his body.

Custodiam lease

Custodiam lease, a grant from the Crown under the Exchequer seal, by which the custody of lands, etc., seised in the king's hands,is demised or committed to some person as custodee or lessee thereof.

Deed

is not any habendum in an appointment under a power or (before 1926) in a covenant to stand seised, or a simple declaration of uses, because such deeds themselves fulfil that office by limiting the estate to

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