ejectment
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ejectment (countable and uncountable, plural ejectments)
- (law) The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, V.x.4:
- She had only, therefore, to save herself an actual ejectment, by quitting a house in which she was exposed to such a disgrace.
- (generally) A casting out, an ejection.
Synonyms
[edit]- (casting out): ejection
References
[edit]- “ejectment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.