NOUN | act | constructive eviction, eviction | action by a landlord that compels a tenant / tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy) |
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Meaning | action by a landlord that compels a tenant / tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved. | |
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Synonym | eviction | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | compulsion, coercion | Using force to cause something to occur |
Spanish | desahucio, desalojo | |
Catalan | desnonament |
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