Deforce
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Deforciare, /., Deforcer, fr. To withhold wrongfully, to act m deforcement. Deforciant, deforcians, deforceor: one who deforces. Deforcement: the withholding of lands or tenements from another who has a right to them, including intrusion, abatement, disseisin, or discontinuance; in a restricted sense, such detainer of the freehold from him that hath the right, but never had any possession, as falls within none of these, the deforciant having originally gained possession rightfully.
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