NOUN | act | dispossession, eviction, legal ouster | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
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cognition | dispossession, exorcism | freeing from evil spirits |
Meaning | The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law. | |
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Synonyms | eviction, legal ouster | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Narrower | actual eviction | The physical ouster of a tenant / tenant from the leased premises |
ouster | A wrongful / wrongful dispossession | |
retaliatory eviction | An eviction in reprisal for the tenant's / tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord | |
Broader | due process, due process of law | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles |
Spanish | desahucio, desalojo | |
Catalan | desallotjament, desnonament | |
Verbs | dispossess | deprive of the possession of real estate |
Meaning | Freeing from evil spirits. | |
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Synonym | exorcism | |
Parts | evocation, summoning | calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations |
Broader | supernaturalism | A belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding |
Spanish | exorcismo | |
Catalan | exorcisme |
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