n. A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection.
n. A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An ejecting or casting out; specifically, a dispossession; the act of dispossessing or ousting.
Word Usage
"In older English law, the ejectment was a trespass action that could be taken only by a leaseholder for damages resulting from having been wrongfully dispossessed of property."