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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

... 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

Words linked to "Dispossession" : ouster, law, jurisprudence, legal ouster, eviction, evocation, due process, actual eviction, exorcism, due process of law, summoning