| NOUN | act | eviction, constructive 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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| act | eviction, dispossession, legal ouster | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
| Sounds | ihvih'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| 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 | constructive 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 | |
| Verbs | evict | expel or eject without recourse to legal process |
| Meaning | The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law. | |
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| Synonyms | dispossession, 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 | evict | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process |
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