| NOUN | act | legal ouster, eviction, dispossession | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
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| 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, dispossession | |
| 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 | |
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