Dispossession

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of putting out of possession, or the state of being dispossessed.
  • noun. The act of relieving or freeing from demoniac possession, or the like.
  • noun. In law, same as ouster.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of dispossessing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
  • noun. freeing from evil spirits
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    ouster