dispossession : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dispossession	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dispossession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispossession n the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law Synonym(s): eviction, dispossession, legal ouster freeing from evil spirits Synonym(s): exorcism, dispossession
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispossession \Dis`pos*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]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}.