eviction

noun

1. action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved

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   Synonyms constructive eviction

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

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   Synonyms dispossession legal ouster

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.

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   Source: webster1913