DISSEIZINS

Noun

disseizins

plural of disseizin

Source: Wiktionary


DISSEIZIN

Dis*sei"zin, n. Etym: [OF. dessaisine.] (Law)

Definition: The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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