'Eviction' definitions:

Definition of 'eviction'

From: WordNet
noun
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 [syn: eviction, constructive eviction]
noun
The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law [syn: eviction, dispossession, legal ouster]

Definition of 'Eviction'

From: GCIDE
  • Eviction \E*vic"tion\, n. [L. evictio: cf. F. ['e]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Full eviction of this fatal truth. --South. [1913 Webster]