Déforcer

Concept of “Deforce, deforciare, deforcer “

Traditional meaning of déforcer in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) To withhold wrongfully; to act in deforcement. Deforciant, deforcians, deforceor: one who deforces; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 350. Deforcement: the withholding of lands or tenements from another who has a right to them, including intrusion, abatement, disseisen, or discontinuance; in a restricted sense, such detainer of the freehold from him that hath the right, but never had any possession, as falls within none of these, the deforciant having originally gained possession rightfully; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 173; Rob. El. L. Rev. ed.; § 211.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Déforcer”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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