Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ouster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ouster \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used
substantively. See {Oust}.]
A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection;
disseizin.
Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement,
intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement.
--Blackstone.
{Ouster le main}. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.]
(Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian,
or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that
purpose. --Blackstone.
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)
ouster
n 1: a wrongful dispossession
2: the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out [syn: {ousting}]
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