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Deforce

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

Deforciare, l, Deforcer, I. fr.

In English law

To withhold lands or tenements from the owner. In Scots law. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force a public ofi Bcer in the execution of his duty.