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Seisin
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SeisinEstates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
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Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
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Sedition
Crimes. The raising commotions or disturbances in the state; it is a revolt against legitimate authority,
Seduction
The offence of a man who abuses the simplicity and confidence of a woman to obtain by false promises what she ought not to grant.
Seeds
The substance which nature prepares for the reproduction of plants or animals.
Seignior
Seignior or Seigneur. Among the feudists, this name signified lord of the fee.The most extended signification of this word includes not only a lord or peer of parliament, but is applied to the owner or proprietor of a thing; hence, the owner of a hawk, and the master of a fishing vessel, is called a seigneur.
Seigniory
English law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands.
Seisin
Seized in his demesne as of fee
Formal words expressing the highest estate a subject can have in land. It is his property or dominicum, since it is for him and his heirs forever, not absolute, but in a qualified or feudal sense; and as of fee, because not purely and simply his own, since it is held of a feudal superior. 2 Bl. Com. 106.
Seizure
Practice. The act of taking possession of the property of a person condemned by the judgment of a competent tribunal, to pay a certain sum of money, by a sheriff, constable, or other officer, lawfully authorized thereto, by virtue of an execution, for the purpose of having such property sold according to law to satisfy the judgment. By seizure is also meant the taking possession of goods for a violation of a public law; as the taking possession of a ship for attempting an illicit trade.
Selecti judices
Judges among the Romans who were selected very much like our juries. They were returned by the praetor, drawn by lot, subject to be challenged and sworn.
Selectmen
The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers.
Self-approval
The act of authorizing a transaction for one's own benefits or gains, or an act of approval for an activity in which the approval authority participated.
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Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Sedition
Crimes. The raising commotions or disturbances in the state; it is a revolt against legitimate authority,
Seduction
The offence of a man who abuses the simplicity and confidence of a woman to obtain by false promises what she ought not to grant.
Seeds
The substance which nature prepares for the reproduction of plants or animals.
Seignior
Seignior or Seigneur. Among the feudists, this name signified lord of the fee.The most extended signification of this word includes not only a lord or peer of parliament, but is applied to the owner or proprietor of a thing; hence, the owner of a hawk, and the master of a fishing vessel, is called a seigneur.
Seigniory
English law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands.
Seisin
Seized in his demesne as of fee
Formal words expressing the highest estate a subject can have in land. It is his property or dominicum, since it is for him and his heirs forever, not absolute, but in a qualified or feudal sense; and as of fee, because not purely and simply his own, since it is held of a feudal superior. 2 Bl. Com. 106.
Seizure
Practice. The act of taking possession of the property of a person condemned by the judgment of a competent tribunal, to pay a certain sum of money, by a sheriff, constable, or other officer, lawfully authorized thereto, by virtue of an execution, for the purpose of having such property sold according to law to satisfy the judgment. By seizure is also meant the taking possession of goods for a violation of a public law; as the taking possession of a ship for attempting an illicit trade.
Selecti judices
Judges among the Romans who were selected very much like our juries. They were returned by the praetor, drawn by lot, subject to be challenged and sworn.
Selectmen
The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers.
Self-approval
The act of authorizing a transaction for one's own benefits or gains, or an act of approval for an activity in which the approval authority participated.
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