Redisseisin — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In old English law. A second disseisin of a person of the same tenements, and by the same disseisor, by whom he was before disseised. 3 Bl. Comm. 188; Pleta, lib. 4, c. 29. Called in the statute of Marlbri(^e (chapter 8) a repeated disseisin. The name of a writ which lay in such case {breve de redisseisina). Reg. Orig. 206b. REDITUS ALBI (Lat.) A rent payable in money; sometimes called "white rent," or "blanchefarm." See "Alba Firma."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A disseisor’s repeated disseisin.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A second disseisin of a person of the same tenements, and by the same disseisor, by whom he Was before disseised. 3 Bl. Comm. 188.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A new disseisin by a person previously adjudged a disseisor, for which he was liable in double damages.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A disseisin made by a person who had once before been adjudged to have disseised the same man of his lands or tenements, for which there lay a special writ, termed a writ of redisseisiu. Eeg. Orig. 204; Cowel.