De fōrce'ment, n.
n. (Law.) (a.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right. (b.) (Scots Law.) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. Burrill.
n. (Law.) (a.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right. (b.) (Scots Law.) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. Burrill.