Definitions for: Dispossession

[n] the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
[n] freeing from evil spirits

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: eviction, exorcism, legal ouster

See Also: actual eviction, due process, due process of law, evocation, ouster, retaliatory eviction, summoning, supernaturalism

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