saisinare

saisinare [saisina+-are; cf. saisare] 1 (leg.) to take or enter into legal possession of (land), to take seisin of. adversarii festinanter redeuntes seisinaverunt sibi per vicecomitem Linc’ totum mariscum Croyland ‥ usque ad Namansland Croyl. Cont. B 459. 2 to put or establish (person) in legal possession (of land or property, w. in & acc.), to seise. committo quod ipsis nemo contradicat ‥ quod illi non poterunt seysinare vel introducere quemcumque illis placuerit in eorum terras, possessiones, et dominia [AS þæt hy ne motan ceosan sƿylcne man sƿylce hy ƿyllan] (Test. Alfredi) Lib. Hyda 75 (= CS 555). 3 (in gl.). seisino, to sese WW.

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