Seised

Possessed of Seised in his demesne hereditament of the

Possessed of land under claim of a freehold interest. Seisin: seisin in fact, actual possession, investiture of a freehold. Seisin in laiw: the estate of a person having a freehold interest, while dispossessed or before entry. Seised in his demesne as of fee: holding a fee simple, in a corporeal hereditament, of the superior lord; v. Livery, Feoffment.

See Seisin. Seised in demesne as of fee. This is the strict technical expression used to describe the ownership in " an estate in feesimple in possession in a corporeal hereditament." The word seised is used to express the " seisin " or owner's possession of a freehold property; the phrase " in demesne" or "in his demesne" {in dominico suo) signifies that he is seised as owner of the land itself, and not merely of the seigniory or services; and the concluding words, " as of fee," import that he is seised of an estate of inheritance in fee-simple. Where the subject is incorporeal, or the estate expectant on a precedent freehold, the words "in his demesne" are omitted. ( Co. Liu. 17 a; Fleta, 1. 5, ch. 5, § 18; Bract. 1. 4, tr. 5, ch. 2, § 2.) Brovm.