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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a person who ousts or supplants someone else;
[syn: ouster, ejector]

2. a wrongful dispossession;

3. the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out;
[syn: ouster, ousting]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ouster \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; -- of a person. [1913 Webster] Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. Expulsion; ejection; as, his misbehavior caused his ouster from the party; -- of a person, from a place or group. [PJC] Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dispossession \Dis`pos*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]possession.] 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ouster n 1: a person who ousts or supplants someone else [syn: ouster, ejector] 2: a wrongful dispossession 3: the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out [syn: ouster, ousting]