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To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold.

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  1. v. To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold.
  2. v. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty.
  3. (a) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. (b) (Scots Law) To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. Burrill.
  4. v. To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. v. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty.