verb
- wrongfully deprived of possession of real property
Usage: legal; archaic
Examples
- The tenant was disseized of his land by the corrupt official.
- She claimed she had been disseized of her rightful inheritance.
- The court ruled that the plaintiff had been unlawfully disseized.
- Medieval lords often disseized peasants of their holdings.
- He sought legal remedy after being disseized of his estate.