deforcern.
/dɪˈfɔːsə/ 1. Law. One who wrongfully ejects or keeps another out of possession; = deforciant n.
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disseisor1483
disseisoress1528
deforciator1549
deforciant1585
deforcer1628
post-disseisor1647
redisseisor1647
ejector1651
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 331 b The Deforceor holdeth it so fast, as the right owner is driuen to his reall Præcipe.
1641 Termes de la Ley Deforceor is hee that overcommeth and casteth out with force, and he differeth from a disseisor, first in this, that a man may disseise another without force..then because a man may deforce another that never was in possession.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Deforsour, it is used in our Common Law for one that overcomes and casts out by force.
1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 1106 The Deforceors withal to be amerced.
1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 25 Let the deforceor be punished according to the tenor of our statutes.
2. Scots Law. One who deforces an officer of the law: see deforce v. 3.
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1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §84 All deforcers of Officiares, in execution of their Office.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 2 Gif the deforcer is convict..of the said deforcement.
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1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 101 Gif me youre handis and faith that the adulterare and deforsare of me [Lucretia] sall nocht leif unpunist.
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