deforcement

plural deforcements

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

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   There was something in the air and tone of the young soldier, which seemed to argue that his interference was not likely to be confined to mere expostulation; and which, if it promised finally of a process of battery and deforcement, would certainly commence with the unpleasant circumstances necessary for founding such a complaint.

   1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 397