wrongful+dispossession

  • 1wrongful dispossession — index disseisin Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2dispossession — I noun abridgment, assumption, bereavement, condemnation, confiscation, dislodgment, disownment, disqualification, distrust, divestment, ejection, eviction, expropriation, expulsion, foreclosure, forfeiture, ouster, privation, removal, taking,… …

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  • 3dispossession — n. 1. Deprivation. 2. (Law.) Ouster, disseizin, wrongful dispossession …

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  • 4ouster — oust·er / au̇s tər/ n 1: wrongful dispossession esp. of a cotenant 2: a judgment removing a public officer or depriving a corporation of a public franchise Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 6disseisin — An ouster or wrongful dispossession of one in possession of real property who is seised of a freehold therein. 3 Am J2d Adv P § 52. More broadly defined as the wrongful dispossession or exclusion of a person entitled to possession. 25 Am J2d… …

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  • 7disseisin — dis·sei·sin or dis·sei·zin /di sēz ən/ n [Anglo French disseisine, from Old French dessaisine, from dessaisir to dispossess see disseise]: the act of disseising: the state of being disseised Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …

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  • 8ouster — /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… …

  • 9ouster — A putting out; dispossession; amotion of possession. A species of injuries to things real, by which the wrong doer gains actual occupation of the land, and compels the rightful owner to seek his legal remedy in order to gain possession. An ouster …

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  • 10ouster — A forced dispossession of real estate. A disseisin. The wrongful dispossession or exclusion from real property of a person entitled to the possession thereof. 25 Am J2d Eject § 47. The eviction of a foreign corporation from the state, prohibiting …

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