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Seisin in law

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The legal right to possession, as distinguished from actual possession. See 11 Hun (N. Y.), 351.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A right of immediate possession according to the nafure of the estate. Martin v. Trail, 142 Mo. 85, 43 S. W. 655; Savage v. Savage, 19 Or. ll2, 23 Pac. 890, 20 Am. St. Rep. 795. As the old doctrine of corporeal investifure is no longer in force, the delivery of a deed gives seisin in law. Watkins v. Nugen, 118 Ga. 372, 45 S. E. 262,

Defined under Seisin in Black's Law Dictionary.