Seisin
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
The possession of a freehold estate, created at common law by livery of seisin.
See 5 Rich. (S. C.) 280, 57 Am. Dec. 744.
In the U. S., the term means, generally, ownership.
See 16 Wall. (U. S.) 352, 21 L. Ed. 341.
See, also, Livery of seisin.