saisine

== French == === Etymology === Apparently a feminine form of Old French seisin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛ.zin/ ~ /se.zin/ === Noun === saisine f (plural saisines) (law) vesting of a court with a case (law, feudalism) seisin ==== Derived terms ==== autosaisine === 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) possession (act, instance of possessing) === 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) seizure ==== Descendants ==== French: saisine → Scots: sasine === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “saisine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Scots == === Noun === saisine (uncountable) alternative spelling of sasine