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Definition of Deforced
1. deforce [v] - See also: deforce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deforced
Literary usage of Deforced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"Au obsolete writ for the tenant In frank marriage to recover lands, etc., of
which he was deforced. ..."
2. The Law and Practice of Citation and Diligence: On the Basis of the Late Mr by Robert Campbell, James Johnston Darling (1862)
"The officer, on being deforced, ought to break the wand of peace, which is done
by drawing the loose ring from the one end of the baton to the other, ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland by John Hay Athole Macdonald (1877)
"... officer duly Cnn citizen .. ordered to exe- cute wan-ant be deforced. ing duty,
... deforced ..."
4. A Translation of Glanville by Ranulf de Glanville, John Beames (1812)
"Hyde of Land, in such a Vill, of which the " said B. complains, that the aforesaid
A. hath " deforced him; and, unless he does so, summon "•him by good ..."
5. "Aberdeen Journal" Notes and Queries (1908)
"At * meeting- held at Clatt on 12th November following, it was reported that "
James Brown had deforced the constable, and retook hie poind after being in ..."
6. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins (1835)
"If a person seised in fee-simple died seised of such estate, and a stranger abated
and entered into the land, and deforced the heir, the heir might sue a ..."
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