† deforciˈation Obs.
[ad. med.L. dēforciātiōn-em (Leg. Quat. Burg.), disforciation-em (Leg. Normann.), n. of action f. dē-, disforciāre to deforce.]
= deforcement.
| [1695 Kennett Paroch. Antiq. II. Gloss., Deforciatio, a distraint or seizure of goods for satisfaction of a lawful debt.—Hence in Law Dictionaries, and under the anglicized form in Bailey 1721 and modern Dicts. But the explanation is incorrect, the meaning in Kennett's Latin quot. being ‘what is taken or held by force’.] |
| 1864 Webster, Deforciation (Law), a withholding by force or fraud from rightful possession; deforcement. |