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Fresh disseisin

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

By the ancient common law, where a man had been disseised, he was allowed to right himself by force, by ejecting the disseisor from the premises, without resort to law, provided this was done forthwith, while the disseisin was fresh, {flagrante disseisina.) Bract, fol.

162b.

No particular time was limited for doing this, but Bracton suggested it should be fifteen days. Id. fol.

163.

See Britt, cc.

32, 43, 44, 65.