Tainer

crim. law, is &ommitted by unlawfully and violently taking or keeping possession of lands and tenements with menaces, force and arms, and without the authority of law. Com. Dig. h. t. The proceedings in case of forcible entry and detainer, are regulated by statute in the several states. (q. v.) ‘The offence is generally punished by indictment. 4 Bl. Com. 148; 1 Russ. on Cr. 283. A forcible entry and a forcible detainer, are distinct offences, 1 Serg. & Rawle, 124; 8 Cowen, 226. Vide generally, 3 Pick. 31; 3 Halst. R. 48; 2 Tyler’s R. 64; 2 Root’s R. 411; Ib. 472; 4 Johns. R. 150; 8 Johns. R. 44; 10 Johns. R. 304; 1 Caines’s R. 125; 2 Caines’s R. 98; 9 Johns. R. 147; 2 Johns. Cas. 400; 6 Johns. R. 334; 2 Johns. R. 27; 3 Caines’s R. 104; 11 John. R. 504; 12 John. R. 313 13 Johns. R. 158; Ib. 340; 16 Johns. R. 141; 8 Cowen, 226; 1 Coxe’s R. 258; Ib. 260; 1 South. 501; Addis. R. 14, 17, 43, 316, 355; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 418; 3 Yeates, 49; 4 Dall. 212; 4 Yeates, 326; 1 Harr. & Mc Hen. 428; z Bay, R. 355; 2 Nott & Mc Cord, 121; 1 Const. R. 325; Cam. & Norw. 337, 340; Com. Dig. h. t.; Vin. Ab. h. t.; Bac. Ab. h. t. _ FORECLOSURE, practice, is a proceeding in chancery, by which the mortgagor’s right of redemption of the mortgaged premises is barred or foreclosed forever. This takes place when the mortgagor has forfeited his estate by non-payment of the money due on the mortgage at the time appointed, but still retains the equity of redemption; in such case the mortgagee may file a bill calling on the mortgagor, in a court of equity, to redeem his estate presently, or in default thereof, to be forever foreclosed and barred from any right of redemption.