Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SEIZIN
Noun
seizin (plural seizins)
Alternative form of seisin
Source: Wiktionary
Sei"zin, n. Etym: [F. saisine. See Seize.]
1. (Law)
Definition: Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. Burrill.
2. The act of taking possession. [Obs.]
3. The thing possessed; property. Sir M. Halle.
Note: Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin. Livery of seizin. (Eng. Law) See Note under Livery, 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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