Showing posts with label seizin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seizin. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

season, seizin

Season or season means one of the four periods into which a year is divided--
Winter is the season for cold and snow.
Last summer they stayed at the beach for the entire season.
Season may also mean the term during which a sport is played--
It's the first day of baseball season.
Season may also mean a period of time marked by a holiday--
The Christmas season starts in December.
Season may also mean to spice or flavor food--
Season the meat with salt and pepper.

Seizin or seizin  ( sometimes spelled seisin, rhymes with season ) means possession of land or property, in a legal document--
He had to win the  lawsuit to establish his seizin.
The covenant of seizin assures the buyer that the seller owns the property.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The seizin question won't be settled until the holiday season is over."

Note--"seizing" is a participle ( used with a helper verb ) of "seize", meaning to grab and hold--
He stopped her from walking into traffic by seizing her arm.
Not to be confused with "seasoning", meaning salt or spices--
There is not enough seasoning in the stew.