Primer Seisin
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenant^ died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he were of full age, one whole year's profits of the lands, if they were in immediate possession, and half a year's profits, if the lands were_ in reversion, expectant on an estate top life. 2 Bl. Comm. 66. F SIMITIAE (Lat.)
In English law. First f ri. 'ts; the first year's whole profits of a spi; itual preferment. 1 Bl. Comm. 284; Crafab, Hist. Eng. Law, 252. PRIMO EXCUTIENDA EST VERB! VIS, ne sermonis vitio obstruitur oratio, sive lex sine argumentis. The force of a word is to be first examined, lest by the fault of diction the sentence be destroyed, or the law be without arguments. Co. Litt. 68.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenants died seised of a knight’s fee, t6 receive of the heir, provided he were of full a year’s profits, if the lands were in reversion, expectant on an estate for life. 2 Bla. Com. GG. See Feudal Law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In. English law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenants died seised of a night's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he were of full age, one whole year's profits of tSU4ands, if they were in immediate possession ; anC ball a year's profits, if the lands were in reversion, expectant on an estate for life. 2 Bl. Comm. 66.
Defined under Seisin in Black's Law Dictionary.