Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: *sei·sin *
Variant: *or **sei·zin */'sEz- & noun/
Function: *noun *
Etymology: Anglo-French *seisine *, from Old French *saisine * act oftaking
possession, from *saisir * to seize, of Germanic origin
*1 **: * the possession of land or chattels: as *a **: * the possession of
land arising from livery of seisin —see also LIVERY OF
SEISIN<http://dictionary.reference.com/legal/search?db=mwlaw&nq=liveryofseisin>
 *b **:* the possession of a freehold estate in land by one having title
thereto
*2 **: * the right to immediate possession of an estate or toimmediate
succession < *seisin * of an heir upon death of thetestator>











On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Janice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just a thought: could seisin be related to our modern concept of taking an
> object, as in 'seizing'?
>
> Could the term livery be an ancestor of our 'delivery'? Obviously this
> could be stretching a point or two, but the similarities seem to be there.
>
> Livery of seisin = delivery of possession?
>
> Janice
>
>
>
> Symonds wrote:
>
>  and requiring as essential to its completion that the seisin be passed...
>> a gift of a freehold interest in land accompanied by livery of seisin. The
>> essential part is the livery of seisin".
>>
>>
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