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noun
A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. It is similar to resisting arrest or obstruction of justice in modern law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Qualifier: Scots law
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History
Old French
