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Dispossession (?), n. [Cf. F. dépossession.]
    1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.  Bp. Hall.

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    2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.

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Ouster (?), n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; -- of a person.

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    Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone.

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    2. Expulsion; ejection; as, “his misbehavior caused his ouster from the party”; -- of a person, from a place or group.

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    Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose.  Blackstone.

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