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saisitor, seisitor [saisire, seisire+-tor], ~iator 1 (leg.) person who seizes or confiscates property of another, disseisor (in quot. as equivalent of or mistake for dissaisitor). 1265 quia testificatum est ‥ quod prior de D. fidelitati regis ‥ adhesit ‥ rex ‥ mandat seisiatoribus terrarum fautorum quondam comitis Leyc’ quod de medietate ‥ ville de K., que est in manu regis racione occupacionis quam Hamo E. nuper inde fecit occasione turbacionis predicte, eidem priori seisinam suam rehabere faciant Cl 77; 1265 rex seisitoribus terrarum fautorum ‥ quondam comitis Leyc’ ‥ salutem. ‥ vobis mandamus quod eidem Isabelle de manerio predicto plenam seisinam ‥ habere faciatis Cl 130; 1265 rex saisitoribus terrarum fautorum ‥ quondam comitis Leyc’ ‥ salutem Cl 143. 2 person who places or establishes another in legal possession of land, property, etc., (esp.) officer authorized or deputized to determine right of seisin, and to place tenant in seisin of his or her holding, on behalf of king or other lord. Hugo ‥ vendidit eam [terram] ij presbiteris de H., et habent inde sigillum regis Edwardi. Eustachius modo habet eam sine liberatore, et sine brevi, et sine saisitore DB I 208ra; clamant Eustachium sibi injuste terram suam abstulisse, et comitatus negat se vidisse sigillum vel saisitorem qui eum inde saisisset DB I 208rb; 1186 rex misit alios saisitores terrarum ejusdem comitis Pipe 152; predicti burgenses clamant tenere villam predictam ‥ per cartam ‥ comitis quam dominus rex nunc ‥ confirmavit, reddenda inde annuatim ‥ xij li. ‥ . sed petunt habere respectum usque ad proximum adventum predictorum seisitorum ducatus Cornubie in patriam ad ostendum cartas Capt. Seis. Cornw 64.

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