deforcer
(dɪˈfɔəsə(r))
Also 6–9 deforceor, 6 Sc. -forsare, 7 -forsour.
[a. AF. deforceour, -eor, f. deforcer to deforce.]
1. Law. One who wrongfully ejects or keeps another out of possession; = deforciant.
| 1628 Coke On Litt. 331 b, The Deforceor holdeth it so fast, as the right owner is driuen to his reall Præcipe. 1641 Termes de la Ley, Deforceor is hee that overcommeth and casteth out with force, and he differeth from a disseisor, first in this, that a man may disseise another without force..then because a man may deforce another that never was in possession. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Deforsour. 1700 Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 1106 The Deforceors withal to be amerced. 1865 Nichols Britton II. 25 Let the deforceor be punished according to the tenor of our statutes. |
2. Sc. Law. One who deforces an officer of the law: see deforce 3.
| 1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §84 All deforcers of Officiares, in execution of their Office. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 2 Gif the deforcer is convict..of the said deforcement. |
† 3. One who commits a rape: see deforce 4.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy i. (1822) 101 Gif me youre handis and faith that the adulterare and deforsare of me [Lucretia] sall nocht leif unpunist. |