noun
- a person who has been wrongfully deprived of the possession of land or real property
Usage: legal/archaic; chiefly historical; used in property law
Examples
- The disseisee filed suit to recover possession of the estate.
- In medieval law, a disseisee could bring an action of replevin against the disseisor.
- The disseisee's claim to the land was upheld by the court.
- As a disseisee, she had legal grounds to reclaim her family's property.