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Ejectment

The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings.

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noun
  1. 1

    The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings.

  2. 2

    (generally) A casting out, an ejection.

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unceremoniousNot ceremonious.
ne exeatnoun(law) A common law writ prohibiting the departure of a person or of property from the jurisdiction of a court.
enurementnoun(law) One's right to have or control an asset.
escheatmentnoun(law) The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
escheatnoun(law) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
ousternoun(now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
fugitive disentitlementnoun(US, law) A judicial doctrine to strike down the claim of a party in the civil forfeiture action who had absconded on the criminal case.
elegitnoun(archaic) A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
scavenger salenoun(real estate) The sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.
alienationnounThe state of being alienated.
enfeoffmentnoun(law, common law) The act or process of transferring possession and ownership of an estate in land.
abalienationnounThe transfer of property, such as land, goods, or chattels, from one to another.
distressnounPhysical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
constructive evictionnoun(law) The breach of a landlord or tenant relationship that occurs when the landlord does not order the tenant to leave the property, but allows the property occupied by the tenant to fall into such poor condition that it is no longer suitable for occupancy.
releasenoun(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
escheatagenounThe right of succeeding to an escheat.
forfeiturenoun(law) The loss of forfeit property.
attachmentnounA strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
abandonmentnounThe act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
re-entrynoun(countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.

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