eviction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eviction	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for eviction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eviction n action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved Synonym(s): eviction, constructive eviction the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law Synonym(s): eviction, dispossession, legal ouster
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eviction \Evic"tion\, n. [L. evictio: cf. F. [82]viction.] 1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster. 2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.] Full eviction* of this fatal truth. --South.