† ˈseiser Law. Obs.
Also 6 seasor, -er, 7 seisor.
[a. AF. seiser (inf.) = F. saisir to seize.]
= seizure.
| 1550 Rutland MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm. 1905) IV. 354 Ryding from Anwyke to Raylye (sic) to make a seasor. 1558 Act 1 Eliz. c. 12. §3 The Shire or Place where the Seaser was made. c 1560 in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. ii. App. viii. 21 Temporalities of Bishoppes seisid; and of the seiser of the Goodes of the Clergie. a 1625 Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 11, A. erects a Shop vpon the Kings Freehold, the King grants the land to B. in fee; A. before entry or seisor of the shop by the Kings Patentee, continueth his possession and dieth seised. |