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seisin

sei·sin [ szin ] or sei·zin [ szin ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. land ownership: the legal freehold possession of land

2. act of taking possession of land: the act of taking legal freehold possession of land

3. owned land: land that is wholly and legally owned, especially land taken possession of legally

[13th century. < Anglo-Norman sesine< Old French saisir (see seize)]
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