saisine

French

Etymology

Apparently a feminine form of Old French seisin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ.zin/ ~ /se.zin/
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Noun

saisine f (plural saisines)

  1. (law) vesting of a court with a case
  2. (law, feudalism) seisin

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Middle French

Noun

saisine f (plural saisines)

  1. possession (act, instance of possessing)
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      [Ilz] prindrent la saisine du chastel
      [They] took possession of the castle

References

  • saisine on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • seisine

Noun

saisine oblique singularf (oblique plural saisines, nominative singular saisine, nominative plural saisines)

  1. seizure

Descendants

  • French: saisine
  • Scots: sasine

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (saisine, supplement)

Scots

Noun

saisine (uncountable)

  1. alternative spelling of sasine