† inseisinv.
Law. Obsolete.
transitive. To put into seisin or possession; to ‘seize’ (of something). (The opposite of disseisin v.)
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 262/1 Insesun..in worldely goodys (K. insesyn in werdli godys..), insesino.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Adherité, inseisined, put into possession of.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Droict de saisine, the money due vnto the Lo. Censuel, and of the Soyle, by a Purchaser of an Inheritance Censuel, when he is inseisined, and put into possession thereof.
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