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Forcible detainer

Forcible detainer, refusing to restore another's goods, after sufficient amends tendered, the

forcible entry and detainer

forcible entry and detainer 1 : the forcible entry upon and

Slavery

65 et seq., where it was held that a person forcibly detained as a slave was entitled to be discharged on … et seq., where it was held that a person forcibly detained as a slave was entitled to be discharged on a

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Detainer

Detainer, forcible. See FORCIBLE ENTRY. Unlawful. The wrongful keeping of a person's

forcible entry

forcible entry 1 : the unlawful taking of possession of real … force against the lawful possessor see also forcible entry and detainer 2 : unlawful entry into or onto another's property esp.

Violent profits

Scotland. 'They are so called because due on the tenant's forcible or unwarrantable detaining the possession after he ought to have … so called because due on the tenant's forcible or unwarrantable detaining the possession after he ought to have removed.'-Erskine 2, 6,

Abduction

Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- … Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or detains any woman who has any interest in any property (even

Trespass

was a writ of trespass - viz. any direct and forcible injury to person, land, or chattels, (3) the third and … of trespass in assault and will lie. Taking of and detaining a man's goods are respectively trespasses, for which an action

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