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ouster — 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 … Law dictionary
ouster by paramount title — index eviction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ouster — [ous′tər] n. [Anglo Fr, inf. used as n.: see OUST] 1. a person or thing that ousts 2. Law an ousting or being ousted, esp. from real property; legal eviction or unlawful dispossession … English World dictionary
ouster — 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 … Black's law dictionary
ouster in pais — A dispossession or disseisin of a person in possession of land effected otherwise than by means of resort to legal proceedings … Ballentine's law dictionary
eviction — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑constructive eviction • Derivationally related forms: ↑evict • … Useful english dictionary
due process of law — noun (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards (Freq. 1) • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
actual eviction — noun the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑eviction, ↑dispossession, ↑legal ouster … Useful english dictionary
dispossession — noun 1. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑eviction, ↑legal ouster • Derivationally related forms: ↑dispossess, ↑evict (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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