FRESH FORCE

Force done within forty days. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 7; Old Nat. Brev. 4. The heir or reversioner in a case of disseisin by fresh force was allowed a remedy in chancery by bill before the mayor. Cowell.

[L. Fr. fresche force; L. Lat. frisca fortia.] In old English law. Force (that is, disseisin or deforcement) newly done. Britt. c. 32. F. N. B. 7 C. A term applied to force committed in any city or borough, and for which a peculiar remedy, called an assise or bill of fresh force, was provided. See Assise of fresh force.