Definitions for: Ouster


[n] the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
[n] a wrongful dispossession
[n] a person who ousts or supplants someone else



Webster (1913) Definition: Oust"er, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used
substantively. See Oust.]
A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection;
disseizin.

Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement,
intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement.
--Blackstone.

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.

Synonyms: ejector, ousting

See Also: deposition, dethronement, dispossession, ejection, eviction, exclusion, expulsion, human, individual, legal ouster, mortal, person, riddance, somebody, someone, soul

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