Eviction

[ɪ'vɪkʃ(ə)n] or [ɪ'vɪkʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law.

(noun.) 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.

Typist: Shelby--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) Conclusive evidence; proof.

Typed by Eugenia

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Law.) Dispossession, deprivation.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See EVICT]

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