Deforciare
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To withhold lands or tenements from the rightful owner. This is a word of art which cannot be supplied by any other word.
Co. Litt. 331b; 3 Thomas, Co. Litt. 3; Bracton, lib. 4, 238; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 11.