English Explanatory Dictionary

deforcement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
  2. Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. It is similar to resisting arrest or obstruction of justice in modern law.

Word forms

deforcement deforcements

Etymology

Old French

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