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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seizin  \Sei"zin\,  n.  [F.  saisine  See  {Seize}.] 
  1.  (Law)  Possession;  possession  of  an  estate  of  froehold.  It 
  may  be  either  in  deed  or  in  law;  the  former  when  there  is 
  actual  possession,  the  latter  when  there  is  a  right  to 
  such  possession  by  construction  of  law.  In  some  of  the 
  United  States  seizin  means  merely  ownership.  --Burrill. 
 
  2.  The  act  of  taking  possession.  [Obs.] 
 
  3.  The  thing  possessed;  property.  --Sir  M.  Halle. 
 
  Note:  Commonly  spelt  by  writers  on  law  seisin. 
 
  {Livery  of  seizin}.  (Eng.  Law)  See  Note  under  {Livery},  1. 

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