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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.