disseize Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.

imperfect & past participle Disseized ; present participle & verbal noun Disseizing

(Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. Written also disseise.
Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.