Deforce

Word DEFORCE
Character 7
Hyphenation de force
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Deforce"

What do we mean by deforce?

To withhold (property, for example) from the rightful owner. transitive verb

To deprive (a rightful owner) of something, especially property. transitive verb

In law:

To withhold from or keep out of lawful possession, as of an estate.

In Scots law, to resist (an officer of the law in the execution of his official duty).

Deforcement. noun

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

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

To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it. verb

To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.

To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty.

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The word "deforce" in example sentences

Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights was a tour deforce. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Those who nowadays introduce such flavours into beverages deforce our sense of pleasure by habituating us to them, until, from two distinct kinds of sensations combined, pleasure arises as it might from one simple kind. ❋ Unknown (2002)

But this short and easy method with those who take their stand on coercion and illegality was scouted by the Radical M.P. He pointed out with the same lucidity and precision with which he would have stated a case to a leading counsel, the facts (first) that the right-of-way was not only claimed, but existed; (second) that the threatening notice was inoperative; (third) that an action lay against any person who attempted to deforce the passage of any individual; (fourth) that the road in question was the only way to kirk and market for a very considerable part of the strath, that therefore the right-of-way was inalienable; and ❋ Unknown (1887)

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