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Meanings of legal ouster in English

The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law.

Synonyms
Examples for "eviction"
Examples for "eviction"
1
They said they planned to hold eviction parties to delay police raids.
BBC
2
Cele said City officials should not be allowed to investigate Qolani's eviction.
The South African
3
It was supposed to be an eviction case; now it's something else.
Blind Man's Alley
4
Lopez had her eviction suspended due to ongoing negotiations with her bank.
Reuters
5
There used to be a moratorium on eviction at Christmas in America.
The Guardian
1
Accumulation-by-dispossession is one way to get that money into circulation as capital.
The Guardian
2
For one thing, it would involve the dispossession of that year's baby.
Mary Gray
3
Capital accumulates through the privatisation of natural resources and dispossession of whole communities.
The Guardian
4
The democratic government has tried to redistribute land to address this legacy of dispossession.
The South African
5
This meant the dispossession and ultimate extinction rather than the conversion of the Indians.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.