Ejectment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of ejecting; dispossession.
  • n. Law An action to regain possession of real estate held by another.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A casting out.
  • 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."
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