 eviction |
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| 1. | [ noun ] 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 | |
| Synonyms: | constructive_eviction | |
| Related terms: | compulsion law | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (law) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | |
| Synonyms: | dispossession legal_ouster | |
| Related terms: | due_process ouster actual_eviction retaliatory_eviction law | |
| Similar spelling: |
evocation evacuation evict |
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