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2 definitions found 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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