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dis·sei·zin also dis·sei·sin  audio  (ds-szn) KEY 

NOUN:
Law
Wrongful dispossession of one in the possession of real property.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English disseisine, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French dessaisine : des-, dis- + seisine, seisin ; see seisin


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