seizure

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act or an instance of seizing or the condition of being seized.
2. n. A sudden attack, spasm, or convulsion, as in epilepsy or another disorder.
3. n. A sudden onset or sensation of feeling or emotion.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of seizing; the act of taking or laying hold; a taking possession, either legally or by force: as, the seizure of smuggled goods by revenue officers; seizure of arms by a mob.
2. n. The fact of being seized or in possession of anything; possession; hold.
3. n. The thing seized; the thing taken hold or possession of.
4. n. A sudden onset or attack, as of some malady, emotion, panic, or the like; a spell; a turn.

Wiktionary

1. n. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
2. n. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
3. n. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
4. n. obsolete retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership
5. n. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession
2. n. Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
3. n. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
2. n. the taking possession of something by legal process
3. n. the act of taking of a person by force
4. n. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property