"Deforced" is a word in ENGLISH

In old English law. A writ of right close, which lay against a tenant who deforced his? lord of the …

To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty.

To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold.

In English law. To wlth-hold wrongfully; to withhold the possesslon of lands from one who is lawfully entitled to them. …

A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a …

Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.

Deforcement is where a man wrongfully holds lands to which another person is entitled. It there-fore Includes disseisin, abatement, discon-tinuance, …

Same as Deforcement, n.

of Deforce

ouster; a wrong that carries with lt the amotion of possession. An act whereby the wrong-doer gets tbe actual occupation …

An obsolete writ for the tenant in frank-marriage to recover lands, etc., of whlch he was deforced

In Scotch law. A wand or staff carried by the messenger of a court, and which, when deforced, (that Is, …