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dispossession

Noun

(plural dispossessions)

  1. The act of dispossessing someone of something.
  2. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.

dispossession - Legal Definition

n

The act of removing someone from a tenancy in, or the possession of, real property.

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  • dispossessions
  • ouster
  • deprival
  • disseizin
  • deprivation
  • outer
  • privation
  • divestiture
  • loss

    Words near dispossession in the dictionary


    • dispossessed
    • dispossessedness
    • dispossesses
    • dispossessing
    • dispossession
    • dispossessions
    • dispossessor
    • dispossessors
    • dispost
    • disposted

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    • deprival
    • deprivation
    • divestiture
    • loss

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