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Definition of Seised
1. seise [v] - See also: seise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seised
Literary usage of Seised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"FATHER under covenant for an equal division at his death of all the property he
should die seised or possessed of between his two daughters or their ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1858)
"Of the covenant to stand seised to uses. By this conveyance, a person seised of
lands, covenants that he will stand seised of them to the use of another. ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"The word "seised," in its technical sense, is not generally applied to personal
property, ... The word "seised," as used In an allegation in an action by an ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1854)
"Of the covenant to stand seised to uses. By this conveyance, a person seised of
lands, covenants that he will stand seised of them ..."
5. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1825)
"So, the covenantor ought to be seised at the time of the covenant, otherwise he
cannot stand seised to the use of another ; and therefore, a covenant to ..."
6. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"293. it is to be understood, that when it is said in any booke that a man is
seised in fee, without more saying, it shall be intended in fee timple ; for it ..."
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