Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eviction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eviction \E*vic"tion\, n. [L. evictio: cf. F. ['e]viction.]
1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted;
the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's
possession by due course of law; dispossession by
paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.
2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.]
Full eviction of this fatal truth. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eviction
n 1: 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 [syn: {constructive eviction}]
2: the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the
possession of land by process of law [syn: {dispossession},
{legal ouster}]
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