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Definition of: seizin
(sē′zin) noun Law
1. The possession of land under a claim of a freehold.
2. That which is possessed; property.
3. The act of taking possession.
—livery of seizin The delivery of corporeal possession of lands and tenements of freehold. Also spelled seisin. [<OF saisine <saisir. See SEIZE.]
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