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Deforce

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

[L. Lat. deforciare; L. Fr. deforcer.] In English law. To withhold wrongfully the possession of lands; to keep another wrongfully out of possession of a freehold.

3 Bl. Com. 172.

See Deforcement.

See Deforcement.