'Forcible entry and detainer' definitions:

Definition of 'Forcible entry and detainer'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • How forcible are right words! --Job. vi. 2?. [1913 Webster]
  • Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. --Lowth (Transl. ) [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Violent; impetuous. [1913 Webster]
  • Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction. [1913 Webster]
  • In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]