Assize of novel disseisin

In English law, the assize of novel disseisin ("recent dispossession"; /dɪsˈsiːzɪn/[1]) was an action to recover lands of which the plaintiff had been disseised, or dispossessed. It was one of the so-called "petty (possessory) assizes" established by Henry II in the wake of the Assize of Clarendon of 1166;[2] and like the other two was only abolished in 1833.[3]

  1. ^ "disseisin". Oxford English Dictionary second edition. Oxford University Press. 1989. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ G. O Sayles, The Medieval Foundations of England (London 1966) p. 339
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Assize" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.