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Deforcement   Listen
noun
Deforcement  n.  (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.





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"Deforcement" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'Deforcement—spulzie-stouthrief—masterful rescue!' exclaimed Peter Peebles, scandalized at the resistance offered to the law in the person of Nicholas Faggot. But his shrill exclamations were drowned in the thundering voice of Herries, who, calling ...
— Redgauntlet • Sir Walter Scott


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