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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESEIZE

v.t.[re and seize. ] 1. To seize again; to seize a second time.
2. In law, to take possession of lands and tenements which have been disseized.
Whereupon the sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize.

 

RESEIZED

pp. Seized again.

 

RESEIZER

n.One who seizes again.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESEIZE

Re *seize " (r-sz "), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir. ]

 

1. To seize again, or a second time.

 

2. To put in possession again; to reinstate. And then therein [in his kingdom ] reseized was again. Spenser.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.

 

RESEIZER

RESEIZER Re *seiz "er (-sz "r ), n.

 

1. One who seizes again.

 

2. (Eng. Law )

 

Defn: The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.

 

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