This word, when coupled with primer, denoted the right of the king to take a whole year worth of an estate's production whenever this interest was transferred. In order to transfer this type of interest between living people,
This word, when coupled with primer, denoted the right of the king to take a whole year worth of an estate's production whenever this interest was transferred. In order to transfer this type of interest between living people, the owner in it would pick up a clod and a twig from the ground and give it to the new owner in the presence of witnesses in a namesake "livery." For 10 points, name this possessory interest of feudal landowners.
This word, when coupled with primer, denoted the right of the king to take a whole year worth of an estate's production whenever this interest was transferred.
seisin [accept word forms like being seised in the land]