ejectment
the act of ejecting.
Law. a possessory action wherein the title to real property may be tried and the possession recovered.
Origin of ejectment
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How to use ejectment in a sentence
ejectment is the action employed to eject or turn out a wrongful possessor and recover possession of land.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThis was an ejectment brought to recover the rectory-house, &c. of Exeter College in Oxford.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel Webster"If you were rotten enough for that, I suppose she could appeal to the magistrates for an ejectment order," replied Percy hazily.
A Drake by George! | John TrevenaShall the officers of the law, under these broken arches, endorse a due return upon the writ of ejectment?
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonThe action for the ejectment could not take place before the ensuing March or April.
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for ejectment
/ (ɪˈdʒɛktmənt) /
property law (formerly) an action brought by a wrongfully dispossessed owner seeking to recover possession of his land
the act of ejecting or state of being ejected; dispossession
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