Wrongfully seizes or withholds property or land.
Third-person singular present of 'deforce.' This archaic verb form appears in historical legal texts and property disputes from medieval and early modern England.
Reading old property deeds, you see the tension of the age: 'if any man deforces this land,' the document warns, implying the original owner might not have the power to stop them without expensive legal action.
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