About The Word Eviction
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Eviction
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What's The Definition Of Eviction?
[n] the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
[n] action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved Synonyms | Synonyms for Eviction: constructive eviction | dispossession | legal ouster Related Terms | Find terms related to Eviction: disendowment | disherison | disinheritance | dislodgment | disownment | dispossession | disseisin | ejection | expropriation | expulsion | foreclosure | ouster | ousting | reclaiming | removal | repossessing | repossession | the boot See Also | actual eviction | coercion | compulsion | due process | due process of law | ouster | retaliatory eviction Eviction In Webster's Dictionary \E*vic"tion\, n. [L. evictio: cf. F. ['e]viction.]
1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted;
the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's
possession by due course of law; dispossession by
paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.
2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.]
Full eviction of this fatal truth. --South.
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