1. to wrongfully deprive someone of the possession of real property
Usage: legal; archaic

Examples

• The court found that the defendant had unlawfully disseized the plaintiff of his ancestral lands.
• Medieval lords would sometimes disseize tenants who failed to pay their feudal obligations.
• The legal action sought to remedy the wrongful disseisin that had occurred decades earlier.
• Under common law, one could be disseized through force, fraud, or legal technicality.
• The heir claimed his uncle had been disseized of the property through forged documents.