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Definition of 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: Constructive Eviction
Generic synonyms: Coercion, Compulsion
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Evict
Generic synonyms: Coercion, Compulsion
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Evict
2. Noun. The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law.
Exact synonyms: Dispossession, Legal Ouster
Generic synonyms: Due Process, Due Process Of Law
Specialized synonyms: Ouster, Actual Eviction, Retaliatory Eviction
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Dispossess, Evict
Generic synonyms: Due Process, Due Process Of Law
Specialized synonyms: Ouster, Actual Eviction, Retaliatory Eviction
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Dispossess, Evict
Definition of Eviction
1. n. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.
Definition of Eviction
1. the act of evicting [n -S]