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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In law: One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- n. A person against whom a fictitious action was brought in fine and recovery: abolished by 3 and 4 Wm. IV., c. 74.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete, UK, law One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- n. obsolete, UK, law One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete, obsolete One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
- n. obsolete One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.
Etymologies
- Old French deforciant, present participle of deforcier. See deforce. (Wiktionary)
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