forcible entry and detainer

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forcible entry and detainer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Forcible \For"ci*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable
     that may be forced.]
     1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or
        energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
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              How forcible are right words!         --Job. vi. 2?.
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              Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances,
              when broken.                          --Bacon.
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              But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak.
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              That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible
              to bridle sin.                        --Hooker.
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              He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and
              ornamented.                           --Lowth
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     2. Violent; impetuous.
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              Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
                                                    --Prior.
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     3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
        compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or
        abduction.
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              In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.
                                                    --Swift.
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     Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and
        taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual
        force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the
        hindrance of the person having the right to enter.
  
     Syn: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent;
          weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.
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