ejectment
Americannoun
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the act of ejecting.
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Law. a possessory action wherein the title to real property may be tried and the possession recovered.
noun
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property law (formerly) an action brought by a wrongfully dispossessed owner seeking to recover possession of his land
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the act of ejecting or state of being ejected; dispossession
Etymology
Origin of ejectment
Example Sentences
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“They just can’t access the summary ejectment proceedings” for such bills, he said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2016
Whither, to his disgust, the story of his ejectment from Madame Recamier's salon had preceded him.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
Mr. Liddlelow, on the 19th, applied to the magistrates for an order of ejectment, but as a question of right was involved, they would have nothing to do with the matter.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
As yet no light appeared to brighten the condition in which they were left by the verdict in the ejectment.
From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
Robert Wild, D.D., who was ejected from the living of Ayno, in this county, after his ejectment came to reside at Oundle.
From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas
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