seisin in fee
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seisin — sei·sin or sei·zin / sēz ən/ n [Anglo French seisine, from Old French saisine act of taking possession, from saisir to seize, of Germanic origin] 1: the possession of land or chattels: as a: the possession of land arising from livery of seisin… … Law dictionary
seisin — /siyzan/ Possession of real property under claim of freehold estate. The completion of the feudal investiture, by which the tenant was admitted into the feud, and performed the rights of homage and fealty. Possession with an intent on the part of … Black's law dictionary
fee simple — Synonyms and related words: adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, colony, copyhold, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years, estate in expectancy, estate in … Moby Thesaurus
fee position — Synonyms and related words: adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, colony, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, fee fief, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable,… … Moby Thesaurus
Livery of seisin — is an archaic legal ceremony, once practiced in England and in other countries following English common law, to convey property. The common law in those jurisdictions once provided that a valid conveyance of a fee interest in land required the… … Wikipedia
primer seisin — ˈprimə(r), īmə(r) noun Etymology: Middle English primer cession, primer season, from primer (II) + cession, season, alteration of seisine seisin more at seisin : a right of the crown to exact from the heir of a tenant in capite seised of a knight … Useful english dictionary
seised in his demesne as of fee — Clothed with seisin as owner in fee; seised in fee simple … Ballentine's law dictionary
primer seisin — A feudal burden, only incident to the king s tenants in capite and not to those who held of inferior or mesne lords. It was a right which the king had, when any of his tenants in capite died seised of a knight s fee, to receive of the heir,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Aboriginal title in the Marshall Court — Chief Justice John Marshall composed several early and influential opinions on … Wikipedia
Quia Emptores — (medieval Latin for because the buyers , the incipit of the document) was a statute passed by Edward I of England in 1290 that prevented tenants from alienating their lands to others by subinfeudation. Quia Emptores, along with its companion… … Wikipedia
