Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Assize of novel disseisin
hist. A writ for a tenant who has been disseised of lands and tenements. - also termed assisa novae disseysinae.
Disseisinam satin facit qui uti non permittit possessorem, vel minus commode, licet omnino non expellat
A person commits disseisin if he does not permit the possessor to enjoy, or makes the possessor's enjoyment less useful, even if the disseisor does not expel the possessor altogether. Co. Litt. 331.
de fine pro redisseisina capiendo
n. [Law Latin "of a fine paid for one imprisoned for redisseisin"] Hist. A writ releasing a person who paid a reasonable fine after being imprisoned for a redisseisin.
de post disseisina
n. [Law Latin "of past disseisin"] Hist. A writ for recovery of land by a person who had previously recovered the land from a disseisor by a praecipe quod reddat or on a default or reddition, but who was again disseised by the same disseisor.
de redisseisina
n. [Law Latin "of redisseisin"] Hist. A writ for recovery of land or rent by a person who had previously recovered the land or rent by an assize of novel disseisin, but who was again disseised by the same disseisor. ( This writ is similar to de post disseisina. See DE POST DISSEISINA; DISSEISIN.
disseisin
n. The act of wrongfully depriving someone of the freehold possession of property; DISPOSSESSION. - Also spelled disseizin.
fine pro redisseisina capiendo
[Law Latin "a fine to be taken for again disseising"] Hist. A writ that entitled a person imprisoned for twice dispossessing someone (redisseisin) to release upon payment of a reasonable fine.
fresh disseisin
See DISSEISIN.
fresh disseisin.
The right at common law of a person disseised of land to forcefully eject the disseisor from the land without resort to law, as long as the ejection occurred soon after the disseisin.
novel disseisin
n. A recent disseisin. See DISSEISIN; ASSISE OF NOVEL DISSEISIN.
nul disseisin
[Law French "no disseisin"] In a real action, a defendant's plea that the plaintiff was not deprived of the possession of any land and tenements. See DISSEISIN.
post disseisina
See DE POST DISSEISINA.
redisseisin
n. 1. A disseisin by one who has already dispossessed the same person of the same estate. 2. A writ to recover an estate that has been dispossessed by redisseisin. - Also spelled redisseizin. - redisseise (ree-dis-seez), vb. See DISSEISIN. Redisseisina See DE REDISSEISINA.