See also:

• SEISIN (from M. Eng. saysen, seysen, in the legal sense of to put in possession of, or to take possession of, hence, to grasp, to seize; the O. Fr. seisir, saisir, is from Low Lat. satire, generally referred to the same source as Goth. satjan, O. Eng. set

SEISIN (from M. Eng. saysen, seysen, in the legal sense of to put in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of, or to take possession of, hence, to grasp, to seize; the O. Fr. seisir, saisir, is from See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire, generally referred to the same source as Goth. satjan, O. Eng. set  tan, to put in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, set), the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of such an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in See also:

• LAND

land as was anciently thought worthy to be held by a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man (See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams, On See also:

• SEISIN (from M. Eng. saysen, seysen, in the legal sense of to put in possession of, or to take possession of, hence, to grasp, to seize; the O. Fr. seisir, saisir, is from Low Lat. satire, generally referred to the same source as Goth. satjan, O. Eng. set

Seisin, p . 2) . Seisin is of two kinds, in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and in See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed . Seisin in law is where lands descend and the See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir has not actually entered upon them; by entry he converts his seisin in law intoseisin in deed . Seisin is now confined to possession of the See also:

• FREEHOLD

freehold, though at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it appears to have been used for See also:

• SIMPLE

simple possession without regard to the estate of the possessor.' Its importance is considerably less than it was at one time, owing to the old See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• CONVEYANCE

conveyance by See also:

• FEOFFMENT

feoffment with See also:

• LIVERY

livery of seisin having been superseded by a deed of See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant (see FEOFFMENT), and the old See also:

• RULE

rule of descent from the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person last seised having been abolished in favour of descent from the purchaser . At one time the right of the wife to See also:

• DOWER (through the Old Fr. douaire from late Lat. dotarium, classical Lat. dos, dowry)

dower and of the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband to an estate by See also:

• CURTESY (a variant of " courtesy," q.v.)

curtesy depended upon the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of seisin . The Dower See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act (1833-1834). however, rendered the fact of the seisin of the husband of no importance, and the Married See also:

• WOMEN

Women's See also:

• PROPERTY

Property Act 1882 practically abolished the old law of curtesy . Primer seisin was a feudal See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden at one time incident to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's tenants in capite, whether by See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight service or in See also:

• SOCAGE

socage . It was the right of the See also:

• CROWN

crown to receive of the heir, after the See also:

• DEATH

death of a See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant in capite, one See also:

• YEAR

year's profits of lands in possession and See also:

• HALF

half a year's profits of lands in reversion . The right was abandoned by the act abolishing feudal tenures (12 See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

Car . II . C .

24, 166o) . In Scots law the corresponding See also:

• TERM

term is " sasine." Like seisin in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, sasine has become of little legal importance owing to See also:

• MODERN

modern legislation . By an act of 1845 actual sasine on the lands was made unnecessary . By an act of 1858 the See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of sasine was superseded by the recording of the conveyance with a See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant of See also:

• REGISTRATION

registration thereon .