Ouster definition
Any expulsion or dismissal.
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One that ejects, forces out, or supplants another.
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(law) The wrongful exclusion or dispossession of one from real property to which one is entitled by law.
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The act of ejecting, forcing out, or supplanting.
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The state of being ejected, forced out, or supplanted.
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A person or thing that ousts.
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(law) An ousting or being ousted, esp. from real property; legal eviction or unlawful dispossession.
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The wrongful exclusion of a person from property or dispossession of same.
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The removing from office of a public or corporate official.
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(property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
ouster
Plural:
oustersOrigin of ouster
- Anglo-Norman to oust, ouster oust
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust").
From Wiktionary
- oust + -er
From Wiktionary