† disseisuredisseizuren.
Obsolete.
The act of disseising; dispossession; = disseisin n.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing
disseising1475
amotionc1503
dispossession1576
disseisure1579
disseisin1586
dispossessment1599
divestiture1601
devestment1647
devesture1648
divesting1712
divestment1756
disinvestiture1846
expropriation1848
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal seizure or wrongful occupation > wrongful dispossession
disseisin1511
redisseisinc1523
ouster1531
post-disseisin1532
disseisure1579
deforcement1609
1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 685 The setting vp and worshipping of Images..was..a Disseisure of the true and spirituall worshippe of God.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 520/2 To take reuenge for the spoiles and disseisures, which his hired enemies had made in his lands.
1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell iii. xi. 213 In Case of a Disseizure of the Right Owner.
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