Seizin
Seizin , noun
[French 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
2.
The act of taking possession. [Obsolete]
3.
The thing possessed; property. — Sir M. Halle
Commonly spelt by writers on law seisin.