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Deforce [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To disseize and keep out of lawful possession of an estate; to withhold the possession of an estate from the rightful owner; applies to any possessor whose entry was originally lawful, but whose detainer is become unlawful.

Deforce [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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

Deforced [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Kept out of lawful possession.

Deforced [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Deforce

Deforcement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The holding of lands or tenements to which another person has a right; a general term including abatement, intrusion, disseisin, discontinuance, or any other species of wrong, by which he that hath a right to the freehold is kept out of possession.

2. In Scotland, a resisting of an officer in the execution of law.

Deforcement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.

Deforceor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Deforciant.