disseisor, -zor
(dɪsˈsiːzə(r), -ˌɔː(r))
Also 5–6 -our(e, 5 -er.
[a. AF. disseisour, = OF. *dessaiseur, f. dessaisir to disseise. In med.L. dissaisitor, -seizitor, f. dissaisire, disseisire, to disseise.]
One who disseises, or dispossesses another of his lands, etc.; a dispossessor.
| [1377 see disseisee.] 1483 Cath. Angl. 101/2 A Disseiser, disseisitor. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 33 The diyng seased hereafter of any such disseasour..shall not be..demed..any suche discent in the law. 1598 Kitchin Courts Leet (1675) 265 If the Tenant be disseised and the Disseisor dieth seised, the Lord there cannot distrain. 1603 Drayton Bar. Wars Bk. iii. lvi, Entering now by force, thou hold'st by might, And art disseisor of another's right. 1660 Bond Scut. Reg. 59 The King can do no wrong; Therefore cannot be a disseisor. 1788 Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XV. 430 To call them disseizors, wrong doers, cheats, defrauders of their own son. 1861 [see disseisin n. 1]. 1886 F. W. Maitland in Law Q. Rev. Oct. 485 The disseisor will be seised whether the lord like it or not. |