Look up: Ejectment

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   Ejectment
   Ejectment was a common law action, abolished in 1852, to recover possession of land and damages for the wrongful withholding of it.
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   Ejectment
   E·ject'ment noun 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes. 2. (Law) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton.
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   Ejectment
   `Ejectment` in the common law term for civil action to recover the possession of and title to land. It replaced the old Real Actions as well as the various possessory assizes. Though still used in some places, the term is now obsolete in many common law jurisdictions, in which possession and title are contested via the actions of eviction and quiet title, respectively. Originally, an ejectment was concerned with the recovery of possession of la...
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   Ejectment
   • (n.) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. • (n.) A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.
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   ejectment
   in Anglo-American property law, legal action for recovery of land from one wrongfully in possession and monetary compensation for his unlawful ... [1 related articles]
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   ejectment
   ejectment An ejecting; dispossession; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.
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