SEISINA HABENDA

A writ for delivery of seisin to the lord, of lands and tenements, after the sovereign, in right of his prerogative, had had the year, day, and waste on a felony committed, etc. Beg. Orig. 165. … [Read more...] about SEISINA HABENDA

L. Latin: Seisin. Seisina facit stipitom. Seisin makea the stock. 2 BL Comm. 209; Broom, Max. 525, 52a … [Read more...] about SEISINA

The ownership of property; The possession of an estate of freehold. It is both ownership and possession. It is legal possession of a feudal fiefdom or an estate in land. This is an old term that originated during the feudal ages when the King of England owned the land in England and his subjects held tenures in fiefs. The term seisin appears in deeds drafted many years ago and … [Read more...] about SEISIN

In old English law. Seised; possessed. … [Read more...] about SEISI

In English law. A lordship; a manor. The rights of a lord, as such, in lands. … [Read more...] about SEIGNIORY