Seiz'in, n.

n. [Fr. saisine, O. Fr. saisine, Pr. sazina, It. sagina. See SEIZE.]

1. (Law.) Possession; possession of an estate of freehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter, when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the States seizin means merely ownership. Blount. Bouvier. Burrill.
2. The act of taking possession. [Obs.]
3. The thing possessed; possession. Hale.

Livery of seizin. See LIVERY. Written also seisin. See Note under SEIZE, supra.