1) The act of ejecting
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Ejectment is the common law term for civil action to recover the possession of or 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 t...
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• (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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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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n. a lawsuit brought to remove a party who is occupying real property. This is not the same as an unlawful detainer (eviction) suit against a non-paying or unsatisfactory tenant. It is against someone who has tried to claim title to the property. Example: George Grabby lives on a ranch which he claims he has inherited from his great uncle, but Bett...
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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...
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A lawsuit brought to remove a party who is occupying real property. This is not the same as an unlawful detainer (eviction) suit, because it is against someone who has wrongfully tried to claim title to the property, not a tenant who only has a right of possession. Example: George lives on a ranch which he claims he has inherited from his great unc...
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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 An ejecting; dispossession; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.
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the act of ejecting. · a possessory action wherein the title to real property may be tried and the possession recovered.
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