legal ouster
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1. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | due process, due process of law, |
| definition | : | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ouster, |
| definition | : | a wrongful dispossession (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | actual eviction, |
| definition | : | the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | retaliatory eviction, |
| definition | : | an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | evict, force out, |
| definition | : | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dispossess, |
| definition | : | deprive of the possession of real estate (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | evict, force out, |
| definition | : | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dispossess, |
| definition | : | deprive of the possession of real estate (verb.possession) |
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