Thesaurus: ouster

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1. n. A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.
2. n. a person who ousts or supplants someone else
3. n. a wrongful dispossession
4. n. the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
5. 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. Etym: [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.
6. 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. Etym: [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law)A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of theking's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Blackstone.
7. n:100 n. a person who ousts or supplants someone else n. a wrongful dispossession n. the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out