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.
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