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 |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Narrower | actual eviction | The physical ouster of a tenant / tenant from the leased premises |
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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 |
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Spanish | desahucio, desalojo |
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Catalan | desallotjament, desnonament |
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Verbs | dispossess | deprive of the possession of real estate |
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