Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law: One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- noun A person against whom a fictitious action was brought in fine and recovery: abolished by 3 and 4 Wm. IV., c. 74.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete, obsolete One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- noun obsolete One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, UK, law One who keeps out of
possession therightful owner of anestate . - noun obsolete, UK, law One against whom a
fictitious action offine was brought.
Etymologies
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Old French deforciant, present participle of deforcier. See deforce.
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