seisin

Meaning

Noun

• An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today.
• The act of taking possession.
• The thing possessed; property.

Origin

• From Middle English seisin, seysen, from Old French seisin, from the verb seisir, from Vulgar Latin *saciō, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 and Old English settan. More at seize, seise.