SAISIE

Fr. In French law. A judicial seizure or sequestration of property, of which there are several varieties. See infra. Saisie arret. An attachment of property in the possession of a third person. Saisie exe cution. A writ resembling that of fieri facias; denned as that species of execution by which a creditor places under the hand of justice (custody of the law) his debtor’s movable property liable to seizure, in order to have it sold, so that he may obtain payment of his debt out of the proceeds. Dalloz, Diet. Saisie foraine. A species of foreign attachment; that which a creditor, by the permission of the president of a tribunal of first instance or a juge de paix, may exercise, without preliminary process, upon the effects, found within the commune where he lives, belonging to his foreign debtor. Dalloz, Diet. Saisie gagerie. A conservatory act of execution, by which the owner or principal lessor of a house or farm causes the furniture of the house or farm leased, and on which he has a lien, to be seized; similar to the distress of the common law. Dalloz, Diet. Saisie immo biliere. The proceeding by which a creditor places under the hand of justice (custody of the law) the immovable property of his debtor, in order that the same may be sold, and that he may obtain payment of his debt out of the proceeds. Dalloz, Diet.