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Constructive seisin

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Seisin in law where there is no seisin in fact; as where the state issues a patent to a person who never takes any sort of .possession of the lands granted, he has constructive seisin of ali the land in his grant, though another person is at the time in acfual possession. Garrett v. Ramsey, 26 W. Va. 351.

Defined under Seisin in Black's Law Dictionary.