furchur (1260)

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furchur (1260)

[ FEW: 3,884b furca; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  fourcher n.; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
forchur;  forceur  

s.

1lawdeforciant, one who wrongfully withholds a right from another
( 1260; MS: s.xiv3/3 )  Par cest bref ne puet joindre bataille ne grant assise pur le solet pur ceo qu’il conte de sa seisine demeine & par la meyn del forchur  166
2law deforcement, act of wrongfully withholding a right from another
( c.1339 )  si le defendaunt issunt de la forceur [accusé] ne vieint point par attachement a la primer court quant le serjant tesmoigne tiel deforcement vers lui  i 257
deforcement  forcement#1 
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