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ouster |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ouster \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr the OF infin. oster, used substantively. See {Oust}.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. --Blackstone. {Ouster le main}. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. --Blackstone. 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]: ouster n 1: a wrongful dispossession 2: the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out [syn: {ousting}]
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