quod ei deforceat

quod ei deforceat
/kwod iyay daforsiyat/ In old English law, the name of a writ given by St. Westm. 2, 13 Edw. I, c. 4, to the owners of a particular estate, as for life, in dower, by the curtesy, or in fee-tail, who were barred of the right of possession by a recovery had against them through their default or nonappearance in a possessory action, by which the right was restored to him who had been thus unwarily deforced by his own default. 3 Bl.Comm. 193

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • quod ei deforceat — That he deforced him. The name of the writ authorized by the statute 13 Edward 1, c. 4, for persons whose lands had been recovered against them by default. It was not strictly a writ of right, but so far partook of the nature of one that it could …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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