Forcible Detainer
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The offense Of violently keeping possession of lands and tenements, with menacos, force, and arms, and without the authority of law.
4 Bl. Comm. 148; 4 Steph. Comm. 280.
Forcible detainer may ensue upon a peaceable entry, as well as upon a forcible entry; but it is most commonly spoken of in the phrase "forcible entry and detainer." See infra.