disseisoressn.
/dɪ(s)ˈsiːzərᵻs/ A female disseisor.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > one who
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal seizure or wrongful occupation > wrongful dispossession > one who
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1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. liv Yf the husbande and the wyfe were of couyn or consent, that the dysseysyn sholde be made, than..she is a dysseysoresse.
1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 124 Shee shall bee adiudged in possession against the desseisee but as a disseiseresse, in respect of the deceit.
1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §46 A feme Covert may be a disseiseres.
1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Disseisin If he disseises another to her use, she is not a disseisoress, nor if the wife agrees to it during the coverture; yet, if after his death she agrees to it, she is a disseisoress.
1883 A. J. Horwood Yearbks. 11 & 12 Edward III 264 One cannot say that Katherine was a disseiseress.
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