PRIMER-SE'IZIN, noun [prime and seizin.] In feudal law, the right of the king, when a tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, if of full age, one year's profits of the land if in possession, and half a year's profits if the land was in reversions expectant on an estate for life; abolished by 12 Car.2.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.