wrongful+dispossession

  • 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 …

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  • 12oust —   v.t. force out, dispossess; supplant.    ♦ ouster, n. Law, wrongful dispossession or eviction …

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  • 13eviction — evic·tion /i vik shən/ n: the dispossession of a tenant of leased property by force or esp. by legal process actual eviction: eviction that involves the physical expulsion of a tenant constructive eviction: eviction effected by substantially… …

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  • 14United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 15disqualification — dis·qual·i·fi·ca·tion /dis ˌkwä lə fə kā shən/ n 1: something that disqualifies or incapacitates 2: the act of disqualifying: state of being disqualified disqualification of a juror for bias Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …

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  • 16disseisin — /dasiyzan/ Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; a usurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers and privileges of ownership as to keep out or displace him to whom these rightfully… …

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  • 17disseisin — /dasiyzan/ Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; a usurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers and privileges of ownership as to keep out or displace him to whom these rightfully… …

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  • 18Ejectment — E*ject ment, n. 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages… …

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  • 19ouster — /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 …

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  • 20attachment — I (act of affixing) noun adjunction, affixation, annexation, annexion, attaching, binding, bond, cohesion, confixation, conjunction, connection, fastening, fixing, insertion, joinder, joining, junction, ligation, nexus, subjunction, that which&#8230; …

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