Evict

[ɪ'vɪkt]

Definition

(verb.) expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; 'The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months'.

(verb.) expel or eject without recourse to legal process; 'The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.'.

Edited by Edward--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.

(v. t.) To evince; to prove.

Typist: Nora

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. (Law.) Dispossess.

Editor: Rochelle

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Dispossess, eject

ANT:Reinstate, admit, settle, locate, lodge

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Definition

v.t. to dispossess by law: to expel from.—ns. Evic′tion the act of evicting from house or lands: the dispossession of one person by another having a better title of property in land; Evic′tor.

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