disseisin in fact

disseisin in fact
An actual ouster or dispossession of the owner of the freehold which deprives him even of constructive possession, leaving him a mere right of entry or of property. Varick v Jackson (NY) 2 Wend 166.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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