HyperDic: retaliatory_eviction

English > 1 sense of the expression retaliatory eviction:
NOUNactretaliatory evictionan eviction in reprisal for the tenant's / tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord
English > retaliatory eviction: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningAn eviction in reprisal for the tenant's / tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states.
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
Broadereviction, dispossession, legal ousterThe expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

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