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Disseisor

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One who puts another out of the possession of his lands wrongfully. DISSEISORESS (Law Lat. disseisitrix). A woman that disseises another person. Litt. § 678; Co. Litt. 357b.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One who effects a disseisin.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who puts another out of the possession of his lands wrongfully.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who puts another out of the possession of his lands wrongfully.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

He who disseises.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

One who puts another out of the possession of his lands wrongfully.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Fr. disseisour; L. Lat. disseysitor.] He who disseises; he who puts another out of possession or seisin of the freehold. Litt. sect. 279. He who puts a man out of his land without order of law. Termes de la ley.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

torts, one who puts another out of the possession of his lands wrongfully.