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ousting

the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out ouster

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Disseize

To deprive of seizin or possession to dispossess or oust wrongfully one in freehold possession of land followed by of as to disseize a tenant of his freehold

Evict

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

Dispossession

not amount to dispossession unless the law provides for it. 'Dispossess' according to Black's Law Dictionary means: 'To oust from land by legal process; to eject, to exclude from realty.' The dispossession should have been, therefore, either

Inter-State Council

of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. K, p. 202. Inter-State Council, the creation of inter-State Council would not oust the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Art. 131, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu,

Dispossessed

Dispossessed, the word 'dispossessed' in the second proviso means to be out of possession, removed from the premises, ousted, ejected or excluded. Even where a person has a right to possession but taking the law into his

Ejectment

upon the land by virtue of such demise, and that afterwards Richard Roe, the casual ejector, entered and ousted John Doe during the continuance of his term. Appended to this declara-tion was a notice signed by Richard

Possession is nine points of the law

be true to the full extent, so as to mean that the person in possession can only be ousted by one whose title is nine times better than his; but it places in a stronger light the

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