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English → English (gcide) Definition: Livery of seizin Seizin \Sei"zin\, n. [F. saisine. See Seize.] 1. (Law) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of taking possession. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. The thing possessed; property. --Sir M. Halle. [1913 Webster] Note: Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin. [1913 Webster] Livery of seizin. (Eng. Law) See Note under Livery, 1. [1913 Webster]