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disseisour (1260)

disseisour (1260)

disseiseour,  disseisor,  disseizor;  diseisour,  diseisur;  desseisour,  dessesour;  deseisor,  deseisour,  deseisur  (disseisior  YBB Ed II viii 207)  
  FEW:  *sazjan 17,20a Gdf:  disseisor 2,726a GdfC: TL: DEAF:  disseisour  DMF: TLF: OED:  disseisor, disseizor n.  MED:  disseisour, -e n.  DMLBS:

s.

lawdisseisor, one who tortiously dispossesses another of his freehold
( 1260; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  nous avions nostre seisine en bien e en pes deques a taunt ke meime celi B. nous mist hors a tort, par unt ke nous dioms ke il est nostre deseisor  Brev Plac 83
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  [...] persones nomez en le bref par ordre jekes al premer disseisour, ou al autre entrour ou a soen heir  BRITT ii 303
( 1377 )  Et eient desore les disseisis lour recoverer vers les primers disseisours  Stats ii 4 ix
( 1433 )  il n’est ne unques fuist deseisour [dez] ten[au]nt dez ten[emen]tz  Stats ii 279

See also:

disseisissor  redisseisour 
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