v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disseized p. pr. & vb. n. Disseizing. ] [ Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir. ] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [ Written also disseise. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [ Written also disseisee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. dessaisine. ] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [ Written also disseisin. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [ Written also disseisor. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A woman disseizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disseizin. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To seize beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. post- + disseizin. ] (O. Eng. Law) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. post- + disseizor. ] (O. Eng. Law) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Law) To disseize anew, or a second time. [ Written also redisseise. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who redisseizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir. ] 1. To seize again, or a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put in possession again; to reinstate. [ 1913 Webster ]

And then therein [ in his kingdom ] reseized was again. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who seizes again. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Law) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be seized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Seized p. pr. & vb. n. Seizing. ] [ OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See Set, v. t. ] 1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp. [ 1913 Webster ]

For by no means the high bank he could seize. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands
The royalties and rights of banished Hereford? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take possession of by force. [ 1913 Webster ]

At last they seize
The scepter, and regard not David's sons. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hope and deubt alternate seize her seul. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (law) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To fasten; to fix. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws
Upon the carcass of some beast too weak. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Naut.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, by writers on law, is commonly written seise, in the phrase to be seised of (an estate), as also, in composition, disseise, disseisin. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be seized of, to have possession, or right of possession; as, A B was seized and possessed of the manor of Dale. “Whom age might see seized of what youth made prize.” Chapman. --
To seize on or
To seize upon, to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to take possession of suddenly and forcibly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To catch; grasp; clutch; snatch; apprehend; arrest; take; capture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, seizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. saisine. See Seize. ] 1. (Law) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of taking possession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The thing possessed; property. Sir M. Halle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Livery of seizin. (Eng. Law) See Note under Livery, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) The operation of fastening together or lashing. (b) The cord or lashing used for such fastening. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who seizes, or takes possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership. [ 1913 Webster ]

Make o'er thy honor by a deed of trust,
And give me seizure of the mighty wealth. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed. [ 1913 Webster ]