Eviction
Related Definitions
[n] the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
[n] action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved
Related Terms
disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, dislodgment, disownment, dispossession, disseisin, ejection, expropriation, expulsion, foreclosure, ouster, ousting, reclaiming, removal, repossessing, repossession, the boot