'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]
Synonyms of 'eviction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- disendowment,
- disherison,
- disinheritance,
- dislodgment,
- disownment,
- dispossession,
- disseisin,
- ejection,
- expropriation,
- expulsion,
- foreclosure,
- ouster,
- ousting,
- reclaiming,
- removal,
- repossessing,
- repossession,
- the boot