Force And Arms

A phrase used In declarations of trespass and in indictments, but now necessary in declarations, to denote that the act complained of was done with violence. 2 Chit. PI. 846, 850.

A phrase used in declarations of trespass and in indictments, but now unnecessary in declarations, to denote that the act complained of was done with violence. 2 Chitty, PI. 846, 850; 2 Steph. Com. 364. See Force; Vi et Armis; Trespass.

A phrase used in declarations of trespass and in indictments, but now unnecessary in declarations, to denote that the act complained of was done with violence. 2 Chit. Pi. 846, 850.

— Force and fear, calied also "vi metuque,". that any contract or act extorted under the pressure of force (ins) or under the influence of fear (metus) is voidable on that ground, provided, of course, that the force or the fear was such as influenced the party. Brown.

Defined under Force in Black's Law Dictionary.

A phrase used in declarations of trespass and in indictments, but now unnecessary in declarations, to denote that the act compliined of was done with violence, 2 Chit. Pl. 846, 850.

[L. Fr. force et armes; L. Lat. vis et arma.] A phrase in the old law of trespass and disseisin, importing that the act was committed by multitude of people, with arms or weapons of offence. Otherwise expressed as force of arms, and force with arms, and sometimes armed force. Britt. c. 53. Litt. sect. 240. See Force. The word arms had, in this connexion, its full proper sense of military equipment. Thus Britton (ub. sup.) speaks of disseisin committed with banner displayed and horses arrayed, (a baner despleye, ou a chivaus covertz.) The phrase "with force and arms," (vi et armis,) was also anciently a necessary phrase in pleading, and is still used in declarations for trespass and in criminal indictments, though with little of its original significance. 2 Chitt. Pl. 846, 850. Wharton's Prec. of Indict. 5, 9. In indictments it is held to be no longer essential. Id. ibid. See Vi et armis.