prenditio

prenditio [ML; cf. OF prendere < CL pre(he)ndere+-tio] , (act of) taking or seizing (in quot. w. ref. to taking possession of land). 1383 T. D. ponit se in misericordia domini de eo quod non expellebat terram domini inclusam per Ricardum servientem suum tempore ~onis CourtR Meltham, Yorks.