disseisor
/dɪˈsiːzər/
noun
- A person who wrongfully takes someone else's property or land, especially in legal contexts.
- In medieval England, a disseisor could be forced to return the land through a legal writ.
- The court ruled that the disseisor had no legal right to the farmland.
- The lawyer argued that the company acted as a disseisor by building on the disputed property.
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