About The Word Dispossession

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Dispossession

Dispossession Meaning & Definition
Dispossession Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dispossession?

[n] the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
[n] freeing from evil spirits

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dispossession: eviction | exorcism | legal ouster

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dispossession: bereavement | cost | damage | dead loss | debit | denial | denudation | deprivation | deprivement | despoilment | destruction | detriment | disendowment | disherison | disinheritance | dislodgment | disownment | disseisin | divestment | eviction | expense | expropriation | foreclosure | forfeit | forfeiture | injury | loser | losing | losing streak | loss | ouster | ousting | perdition | privation | reclaiming | repossessing | repossession | robbery | ruin | sacrifice | spoliation | stripping | taking away | total loss

See Also | actual eviction | due process | due process of law | evocation | ouster | retaliatory eviction | summoning | supernaturalism

Dispossession In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis`pos*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]possession.] 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. --Bp. Hall. 2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also {ouster}.

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