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

Further reading

• “saisine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• niaises, seinais

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 singular, f (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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (saisine, supplement)

Scots

Noun

saisine (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of sasine