Ouster
11ouster — noun Etymology: Anglo French, from oster, ouster to oust Date: 1531 1. a. a wrongful dispossession b. a judgment removing an officer or depriving a corporation of a franchise 2. expulsion …
12ouster — /ow steuhr/, n. 1. expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied: The opposition called for the ouster of the cabinet minister. 2. Law. a. an ejection or eviction; dispossession. b. a wrongful exclusion from real property. [1525 35; < AF …
13ouster — oust|er [ austər ] noun count AMERICAN MAINLY JOURNALISM an act of removing someone from a position of power: The housing official s insensitive remarks have led to calls for his ouster …
14ouster — /ˈaʊstə/ (say owstuh) noun 1. ejection; dispossession: *Since the ouster of ex President Suharto two years ago, the power of the armed forces has waned in the face of demands for greater democracy –aap news, 2000. 2. Law (formerly) wrongful… …
15Ouster le main — Ouster Oust er, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See {Oust}.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; of a person. [1913 Webster] Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin,… …
16ouster by paramount title — index eviction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17ouster-le-mer — [ouster le mer an error in the Law Dicts. for oulter le mer.] …
18Ouster clause — An ouster clause is a provision in legislation excluding particular actions from judicial review. [Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the House of Commons (2004). [http://www.parliament.the stationery… …
19ouster by abatement — Such an ouster as takes place where a person dies seised of an estate of inheritance, and before the heir or devisee enters, a stranger who has no right enters and gets possession of the freehold. Brown v Burdick, 25 Ohio St 260, 268 …
20ouster — noun /aʊstə,aʊstəɻ/ a) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection. b) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property …
