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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispossession \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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dispossession
n : the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from land by
process of law [syn: {eviction}, {legal ouster}]
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