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Disseisin

Disseisin [fr. dissaisin, Fr.], a wrongful putting out of him that is seised of the freehold, not, as in abatement or intrusion, a wrongful entry, where the possession was vacant; but

Dote assignanda

Dote assignanda, a writ for a widow, where it was found by office that the king's tenant was seised of lands in fee or fee-tail at his death, and that he held of the king in chief,

Dote unde nihil habet

the widow against the tenant, who bought land of her husband in his lifetime, whereof he was solely seised in fee-simple or fee-tail, and of which she was dowable.--Fitz. N.B. 147

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Feoffment

to convey by it a greater freehold than he had, he forfeited the estate of which he was seised; but it became a rightful (droiturel) or innocent conveyance, transferring only the estate which the feoffor could lawfully

seize

seize seized seiz·ing 1 or seise : to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession [stand seized

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