disseisee, -zee Law.
(dɪsˌsiːˈziː)
Also 6 -i, -ie, -ye.
[f. disseise v. + -ee; but the earlier form in -ie represented OF. dessaisi pa. pple. ‘disseised’.]
One who is disseised of his estate: correlative to disseisor.
| [1377 Act 1 Rich. II, c. 9 Et eient desore les disseisiz lour recoverer vers les primers disseisours.] 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 33 The disseisye or suche other personnes as..be thereby clerely excluded of their entre. 1574 tr. Littleton's Tenures 63 a, If the disseysi by his deede release al his righte..to one of the disseisoures. 1594 West 2nd Pt. Symbol., Chancerie §37 This release doth confirme his estate which the disseisee might else have defeated. 1602 W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 67 If the disseisie oute the disseisor with force. 1721 St. German's Doctor & Stud. 98 It is devised that the Disseissee shall release his right in the land. 1875 Poste Gaius iv. §162 Restitution of seisin to a disseisee. |