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Evict

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

evict


[Medieval Latin evictus, past participle of evincere to recover (property) by legal process, from Latin, to vanquish, regain possession of]
: to put (a tenant) out of property by force, by virtue of a paramount title, or esp. by legal process




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