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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Seser,) Seizer, Seaser, n. [e.m.E. seysour (1531-2), seisor (1555), seizer (1693); Ses(e v.1] A person authorised to confiscate goods. —1674 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II 222.
The two droves were mixt and driven together … untill they were seized after crossing of the English border by Sir George Fletcher and [gap] Simpson, seasers of the Borders, as having come to England in the time of restraint … that the said cows were seized upon in England by the seizers there
