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Definition of Ousting
1. Noun. The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out.
Generic synonyms: Ejection, Exclusion, Expulsion, Riddance
Specialized synonyms: Deposition, Dethronement
Derivative terms: Oust
Definition of Ousting
1. Verb. (present participle of oust) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ousting
1. oust [v] - See also: oust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ousting
Literary usage of Ousting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Interpretation of Statutes by Peter Benson Maxwell, Alfred Bray Kempe (1896)
"CHAPTER V. SECTION I.—PRESUMPTIONS AGAINST ousting ESTABLISHED, AND CREATING NEW
JURISDICTIONS. IT is, perhaps, on the general presumption against an ..."
2. A History of Missouri by Eugene Morrow Violette (1918)
"the enforcement of the so-called "ousting Ordinance." This ordinance, which had
been passed by the constitutional convention on March 17, provided that the ..."
3. The Law of Contracts by Edward Avery Harriman (1901)
"Contracts ousting the Jurisdiction of the Courts. ... ousting the jurisdiction
of the courts is against public policy and void. Thus a contract providing ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1896)
"... left to the ment it affirmed. trial court but to enter a judgment forfeiting
the respondent's charter and ousting It of Rehearing denied July 21, 1895. ..."
5. Cases on the Law of Contracts: Selected from Decisions of English and by Arthur Linton Corbin (1921)
"AGREEMENTS ousting THE COURTS OF JURISDICTION (Arbitration Agreements) NASHUA
RIVER PAPER CO. v. HAMMERMILL PAPER CO. (Supreme Judicial Court of ..."