† seisern.
Law. Obsolete.
= seizure n.
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prisea1325
seizure1482
disseisin1511
ouster1531
seiser1550
extent1592
prisal1628
sequestration1640
1550 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 354 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 Ryding from Anwyke to Raylye (sic) to make a seasor.
1558 Act 1 Eliz. c. 12. §3 The Shire or Place where the Seaser was made.
c1560 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. viii. 21 Temporalities of Bishoppes seisid; and of the seiser of the Goodes of the Clergie.
a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 11 A. erects a Shop vpon the Kings Freehold, the King grants the land to B. in fee; A. before entry or seisor of the shop by the Kings Patentee, continueth his possession and dieth seised.
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n.1550- to seek upon
- to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed
- to seek, buy, or sow gapeseed
- to seek, find, take, etc shelter
- to seek, visit a saint
- to seem fair for
- to seem good
- to seeming
- to seethe away
- to seethe out
- to seethe over
- to seethe, to have, so many wallops
- to seize a person by the button
- to seize by the button
- to seize by the throat
- to seize hold of
- to seize into one's hands, to one's behoof
- to seize of
- to seize on or upon
- to seize the open file
- to seize time by the forelock
- to seize time by the forelock formerly forehead
- to seize time by the forelock formerly foretop
- to seize time by the forelock formerly top
- to seize up