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Definition of Deforcer
1. one that deforces [n -S] - See also: deforces
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deforcer
Literary usage of Deforcer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"L. dl, away ; forma, shape, beauty. Deforce, to dispossess. (F. — L.) Legal.
— AF deforcer, to dispossess (Med. ..."
2. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1904)
"And if the deforcer comes not to the third court, his distress shall be forfeit,
... And if such deforcer encloses his goods in upper or lower rooms, ..."
3. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1904)
"And if the deforcer comes not to the third court, his distress shall be forfeit,
... And if such deforcer encloses his goods in upper or lower rooms, ..."
4. Year Books of Edward II. by Frederic William Maitland, William Craddock Bolland, G J Turner, Sir Paul Vinogradoff, Ludwik Ehrlich (1904)
"Bring him with you, then, if you think that he will avail you. HEREFORD, J.
The writ is to be brought against the deforcer; and here he has no ..."
5. Britton: An English Translation and Notes by Francis Morgan Nichols (1901)
"And if the plaintiff is not a villain of the deforcer, let him immediately raise
the hue and cry ; and at the lirst county court let him sue for his chattel ..."
6. The Records of the Proceedings of the Justiciary Court, Edinburgh, 1661-1678 by Edinburgh (Scotland). Justiciary Court, William George Scott-Moncrieff, John W. Weston (1905)
"... to execute the Caption against him, could never be punished as a deforcer,
... a deforcer where he offers to pay and refuses to go to Prison, ..."
7. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1883)
"... chaplin, deforcer of three parts of the manor of Huyton ; another is dated 4 an.
Ducatus (1354-5) between Henry de Walton, Archdeacon of ..."
8. Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session by Mungo Ponton Brown, William Maxwell Morison, Scotland Court of Session (1826)
"There is no doubt but if the moveables of the deforcer l>e of so much value as
may satisfy the debt but this action is most just, seeing it is but just the ..."
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