Word of the Day

Interesting...

I don't think I have ever run into that one before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seisin

Loyal

It must be the seisin of the witch.

> Interesting...
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> I don't think I have ever run into that one before:

Interesting in deed;-)

Saw it for the first time today, researching some law texts.

Dugger

Word of the Day> Boating term

It's what we do to the mooring line after tying up.....

"If the lines aren't seized at the mooring ball they twist and chafe, seizing them kept them in better alignment...."

🙂

From Black's Law:
“Originally, seisin meant simply possession and the word was applicable to both land and chattels. Prior to the 14th century it was proper to speak of a man as being seised of a horse. Gradually, seisin and possession became distinct concepts. A man could be said to be in possession of chattels, or of lands wherein he had an estate for years, but he could not be said to be seised of them. Seisin came finally to mean, in relation to land, possession under claim of a freehold estate therein. The tenant for years had possession but not seisin; seisin was in the reversioner who had the fee. And although the word ‘seisin’ appears in modern statutes with a fair degree of frequency, it is usually treated synonymous with ownership.”
Cornelius J Moynihan, Introduction to the Law of Real Property.

I had the book open reviewing the definition of a quitclaim.(again)
Thanks for taking me off on a tangent, I learned something new. Quitclaim and seisin have a relation in a way.

Radar

I remember that from college.

Try this

This was required to perfect a Spanish or Mexican Land Grant.