DE SEISINA HABENDA

By SovConn | July 7, 2014

de  seisina  habenda  (dee  see-zin-<<schwa>>  h<<schwa>>-ben-d<<schwa>>),  n.[Law  Latin

“of holding seisin”] Hist. A writ ordering the sovereign to deliver seisin of lands and tenements to

a  lord,  after  holding  them  for  the  allowed  year  and  a  day  because  the  lord’s  tenant committed  a

felony.[Blacks Law 8th]

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