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To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.

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  1. v. t. To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
  2. v. t. To evince; to prove.
  3. v. expel or eject without recourse to legal process
  4. v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
  5. 1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. Sir. J. Davies. 2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] Cheyne.
  6. To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramountright or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession.Sir. J. Davies.
  7. v:100 v. expel or eject without recourse to legal process v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process