The act of abstaining from proceeding against a delinquent debtor;delay in exacting the enforcement of a right; indulgence granted to a debtor. Reynolds v. Ward, 5 Wend. (N. Y.) 504; Dierks v.

Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action; constraining power, compulsion; strength directed to an end. Usually the word occurs in such connections as to show that unlawful or wrongful

Fr. In the law of insurance. Superior or irresistible force. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 12.

In Louisiana. Those persons whom the testator or donor cannotdeprive of the portion of his estate reserved for them by law, except in cases where hehas a just cause to disinherit them.

In practice. A sale made at the time and in the manner prescribed bylaw. in virtue of execution issued on a judgment already rendered by a court ofcompetent jurisdiction; a sale made

Pre-emption; forestalling the market. Jacob.

The offense of violently keeping possession of lands andtenements, with menaces, force, and arms, and without the authority of law. 4 Bl.Comm. 148; 4 Steph. Comm. 280.Forcible detainer may ensue upon a

An offense against the public peace, or private wrong, committedby violently taking possession of lands and tenements with menaces, force, and arms,against the will of those entitled to the possession, and without

The action of forcible entry and detainer is a summary proceeding to recoverpossession of premises forcibly or unlawfully detained. The inquiry in such cases doesnot involve title, but is confined to the

In North Carolina, this is an invasion of the rights of anotherwith respect to his personal property, of the same character, or under the samecircumstances, which would constitute a “forcible entry and

A butt or headland, jutting out upon other land. Cowell.

In old records. Grass or herbage growing on the edge or bank of dykes or ditches. Cowell.

A process in chancery by which all further right existing in a mortgagor to redeem the estate is defeated and lost to him, and the estate becomes the absolute property of the

In Scotch law. To forfeit ; to lose.

A premium for a lease

Royal purveyors. 26 Edw. IIL c. 5.

In English law. Rent payable In advance; or, more properly, aspecies of premium or bonus paid by the tenant on the making of the lease, and particularlyon the renewal of leases by

Belonging to another nation or country; belonging or attached to anotherjurisdiction; made, done, or rendered in another state or jurisdiction; subject to anotherjurisdiction; operating or solvable in another territory; extrinsic; outside ;

In old English law, this term, when used with reference to a particularcity, designated any person who was not an inhabitant of that city. According to laterusage, it denotes a person who

An old form of foreign, (q. v.) Blount