Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
Deforcement — De*force ment, n. [OF.] (Law) (a) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right. (b) (Scots Law) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. Burrill. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deforcement — is where a man wrongfully holds lands to which another person is entitled. It therefore includes disseisin, abatement, discontinuance, and intrusion. But it is applied especially to cases, not falling under those heads, where the person entitled… … Black's law dictionary
deforcement — is where a man wrongfully holds lands to which another person is entitled. It therefore includes disseisin, abatement, discontinuance, and intrusion. But it is applied especially to cases, not falling under those heads, where the person entitled… … Black's law dictionary
deforcement — See deforce. * * * ▪ English law in English property law, wrongful taking and possession of land belonging to another. Deforcement had its primary legal significance in feudal England. Deforcement arose particularly in cases in which land… … Universalium
deforcement — noun see deforce … New Collegiate Dictionary
deforcement — n. illegal withholding of property from its rightful owner; forceful ejection or eviction … English contemporary dictionary
deforcement — de·force·ment … English syllables
deforcement — An abatement, an intrusion, a disseisin, a discontinuance, or any other kind of wrong by which a person who has a right to the freehold is kept out of possession. Sec 3 Bl Comm 172; detention of dower from a widow. 25 Am J2d Dow § 1860 … Ballentine's law dictionary
déforcement — n.m. Action de déforcer … Le dictionnaire des mots absents des autres dictionnaires
deforcement — noun see deforce … Useful english dictionary
