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Deforce

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In English law

To withhold wrongfully; to withhold the possession of lands from one who is lawfully entitled to them.

3 Bl. Comm. 172; Phelps v. Baldwin, 17 Conn. 212.

In Scotch law

To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force a publlc officer in the execution of hls duty.

Bell.