One who wrongfully takes or withholds property; a variant of deforceor.
Variant spelling of 'deforceor,' from deforce + -er (agent noun). Both forms appear in archaic legal documents with identical meaning.
Medieval property disputes created a demand for specific legal terminology, so 'deforcer' and 'deforceor' were synonymous terms in a legal system obsessed with naming every type of wrongdoer precisely.
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