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Webster 1913 Edition


Reseize

Re-seize′

(r?-s?z′)
,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
re-
+
seize
: cf. F.
ressaisir
.]
1.
To seize again, or a second time.
2.
To put in possession again; to reinstate.
And then therein [in his kingdom]
reseized
was again.
Spenser.
3.
(Law)
To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized.
The sheriff is commanded to
reseize
the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reseize

RESE'IZE

,
Verb.
T.
[re and seize.]
1.
To seize again; to seize a second time.
2.
In law, to take possession of lands and tenements which have been disseized.
Whereupon the sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize.

Definition 2024


reseize

reseize

English

Verb

reseize (third-person singular simple present reseizes, present participle reseizing, simple past and past participle reseized)

  1. (transitive) To seize (assets, property, etc.) again.

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