ejectment

American  

[ih-jekt-muhnt] / ɪˈdʒɛkt mənt /

noun

1. the act of ejecting.

2. Law. a possessory action wherein the title to real property may be tried and the possession recovered.

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ejectment British  

/ ɪˈdʒɛktmənt /

noun

1. property law (formerly) an action brought by a wrongfully dispossessed owner seeking to recover possession of his land

2. the act of ejecting or state of being ejected; dispossession

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Etymology

Origin of ejectment

First recorded in 1560–70; eject + -ment

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ejectment

“They just can’t access the summary ejectment proceedings” for such bills, he said.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2016

There was also a Mr. Alsop, ejected from the living of Wilby, near Wellingborough, who came and resided here after his ejectment, and exercised his ministry as the times would permit.

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 Thomas Coleman

Mr. Worth, who had been vicar of Kilsby, and Mr. Stephen Fowler, who had been rector of Crick, were useful here, after their ejectment.

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 Thomas Coleman

After his ejectment, he preached in his own house on Thursdays without molestation.

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 Thomas Coleman

A Mr. Worth, ejected from the living of Kilsby, preached at Daventry for some time after his ejectment.

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 Thomas Coleman

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