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Peaceable

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

Black's Law Dictionary

Free from the character of force, violence, or trespass; as, a "peaceable entry" on lands. "Peaceable possession" of real estate is such as is acquiesced in by all other persons, including rival claimants, and not disturbed by any forcible attempt at ouster nor by adverse suits to recover the possession or the estate.

See Stanley v. Schwalby, 147 U. S. 508, 13 Sup. Ct. 418, 37 In Ed. 259; Allaire v. Ketcham, 55 N. J. Eip 168, 35 Atl. 900; Bowers v. Cherokee Bob, 45 Cal. 504; Gitten v. Lowry, 15 Ga. 336.