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noun

Dispossession n.

The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.

(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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Etymology of 'Dispossession'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dispossession" Quotes from Famous Books

... this letter. They had been living in continual fear of dispossession since the first attack on the Breckenridge farm in '69. Now they felt that they would be free to follow the peaceful pursuits of their calling and began to improve their possessions, believing that, after all, ...

— With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga • W. Bert Foster

... Amabel to come to her from a far distance; they echoed in her, yet they were not the words she could have used. How dim was her own love-dream beside this torment of dispossession. What—who—had she loved for all these years? She could not touch or see her own grief; but Lady Elliston's grief pierced through her. She leaned towards her and softly touched her shoulder, her arm, her hand; she held the hand in hers. The sight of this loss of strength and dignity ...

— Amabel Channice • Anne Douglas Sedgwick