seizer

[Eng. seiz(e); -er.] One who seizes. sēiz'-in, sēiş-In, s. [Fr. saisine, from saisir = to seize.] Law: 1. Po e ion. Seizin is of two sorts, seizin in deed (or fact ) and seizin in law . Seizin in deed is when actual or corporal po e ion is taken; seizin in law is when something is done which the law accounts as po e ion or seizin, as an enrollment, or when lands descend to an heir, but he has not yet entered upon them. In this case the law considers the heir as seized of the estate, and any person wrongfully entering upon the lands is accounted a di eizor (q. v.). 2. The act of taking po e ion. 3. The thing po e ed; a po e ion. "Many recoveries were had, as well by heirs as succe ors, of the seizin of their predece ors."-Hale. Livery of seizin : [LIVERY.] sēiz'-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [SEIZE.] selah *sě-jun-gi-ble, a. [Latin sejungo = to sejoin (q. v.); Eng.- able .] Capable of being disjoined or separated. "The spawn and eggs are sejungible from the fish and fowl."-Pearson: On the Creed , Art. i. sē'-kös, s . [Gr.=a pen, an inclosure, a shrine.] Anc. Arch .: A place in an ancient temple in which the images of deities were placed.