noun
- Plural of disseizor; persons who wrongfully dispossess another of land or property, especially in feudal or historical legal contexts.
Usage: archaic; legal/historical; chiefly British
Examples
- The disseizors were brought before the court to answer for their unlawful seizure of the estate.
- Medieval records document numerous disseizors who claimed lands through force rather than legal inheritance.
- The king's justices investigated the disseizors and ordered restitution to the rightful heir.
- Disseizors faced severe penalties under common law for their wrongful dispossession of property.