GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Dispossession , n. [Cf. F. dépossession.]
   The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
   Bp. Hall.
   
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   (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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   Expulsion; ejection; as, his misbehavior caused his ouster from the party; -- of a person, from a place or group.
   PJC
   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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