1. a person who wrongfully seizes or takes possession of land or property belonging to another
Usage: archaic; legal/historical; variant spelling: disseissor

Examples

• The disseizor was ordered by the court to return the estate to its rightful heir.
• In medieval England, a disseizor could be prosecuted under common law for unlawful seizure of land.
• The plaintiff argued that the defendant was a disseizor who had no legal claim to the property.
• Historical records show that the disseizor had occupied the manor for over a decade before being challenged.
• The law provided remedies for victims of a disseizor's unlawful actions.