Deforcement
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
in the law of Scotland, is the opposition given or resistance made, to messengers or other officers, while they are employed in executing the law. This crime is punished by confiscation of moveables, the one half to the king, and the other to the creditor at whose suit the diligence is used.
Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 4, 4, 16.