Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dispossession"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dispossession \Dis`pos*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]possession.]
1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being
dispossessed. --Bp. Hall.
2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or
otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no
matter in what title; -- called also {ouster}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dispossession
n 1: the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the
possession of land by process of law [syn: {eviction}, {legal
ouster}]
2: freeing from evil spirits [syn: {exorcism}]
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