legal ouster
the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law • Syn: eviction, dispossession • Derivationally related forms: dispossess (for: dispossession), evict (for: eviction) • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: due process, due process of law • Hyponyms: ouster, actual eviction, retaliatory eviction
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