An offense against the public peace, or private wrong, com-mltted by violently taking possession of lands and tenements with menaces, force, and arms, against the will of those entitled to the possession, and without the authority of law. 4 Bl. Comm. 148; 4 Steph. Comm. 280; Code Ga. 1882, | 4524
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
