deforcement
deforcement noun: a keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
Noun
deforcement (countable and uncountable, plural deforcements)
- A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
- Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. It is similar to resisting arrest or obstruction of justice in modern law.
- There was something in the air and tone of the young soldier, which seemed to argue that his interference was not likely to be confined to mere expostulation; and which, if it promised finally of a process of battery and deforcement, would certainly commence with the unpleasant circumstances...1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 397
Forms of deforcement
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Origin of deforcement
Old French
Questions about deforcement
- What does deforcement mean?
- Deforcement means a keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
- What part of speech is deforcement?
- Deforcement is a noun.
- What is the plural of deforcement?
- The plural of deforcement is deforcements.
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