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Definition of Constructive eviction
1. 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.
Exact synonyms: Eviction
Generic synonyms: Coercion, Compulsion
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Evict
Generic synonyms: Coercion, Compulsion
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Evict
Definition of Constructive eviction
1. Noun. (legal) : breach of a landlord/tenant relationship that occurs when the landlord does not order the tenant to leave the property, but allows the property occupied by the tenant to fall into such poor condition that it can no longer be lived in. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constructive Eviction
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