[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.
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Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement,
intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement.
--Blackstone.
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2. Expulsion; ejection; as, his misbehavior caused his ouster
from the party; -- of a person, from a place or group.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]