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Seemingly vigorous but really weak or insipid...
Forcible entry
Forcible entry is the entering upon any land or tenement with a strong hand, or in a violent manner, in order to take possession. There may be a forcible entry although no actual force is used, as, for example, when threats are made or an unusual number of persons collected. Forcible entry was permissible at Common Law in certain cases, e.g., when the rightful owner had been wrongfully deprived of possession, but it was absolutely pro-hibited by the Statutes of Forcible Entry (5 Rich. 2, c. 7; 15 Rich. 2, c. 2; 8 Hen. 6, c. 9), which make forcible entries punishable with imprisonment. The first of these statues provides that 'none shall make entry into any lands or tenements, but in case where entry is given bylaw, and in such case not with strong hand nor with multitude of people, but only in a peaceable and easy manner.' A forcible entry by a person entitled to possession, though indictable, does not give rise to civil responsibility in damages. See Hemmings v. Stoke Poges Golf Club,...
forcible entry
forcible entry 1 : the unlawful taking of possession of real property by force or threats of force against the lawful possessor see also forcible entry and detainer 2 : unlawful entry into or onto another's property esp. when accompanied by force [forcible entry of an automobile] ...
forcible entry and detainer
forcible entry and detainer 1 : the forcible entry upon and keeping of real property without authority of law 2 : the statutory proceeding to regain possession of real property taken through a forcible entry and detainer ...
Feebleness
The quality or condition of being feeble debility infirmity...
Feeble-minded persons
Feeble-minded persons are one of the four classes of 'defectives' for dealing with whom elaborate provision is made by the (English) Mental Treatment Act, 1927 (18 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 33), s. 1; see IDIOT. As to Scotland, see the (English) Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 38)....
forcible
forcible : effected by force or threat of force used against opposition or resistance [a felony] for·ci·bly adv ...
Forcibleness
The quality of being forcible...
Forcibly
In a forcible manner...
Forcible detainer
Forcible detainer, refusing to restore another's goods, after sufficient amends tendered, the original taking having been lawful; for which injury the remedy usually resorted to was trover (q.v.). But if the original taking were unlawful it is a criminal offence against the public peace, and a misdemeanour, punishable by imprisonment and ransom at the pleasure of the Crown, 4 Bl. Com. 148.The wrongful retention of possession of property by one originally in lawful possession, often with threats or actual use of violence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
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