Noun: dispossession ,dis-pu'ze-shun
- (law) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
"The landlord obtained a dispossession to remove the non-paying tenants";
- eviction, legal ouster
- Freeing from evil spirits
"The priest performed a dispossession to rid the house of its alleged demonic presence";
- exorcism
Derived forms: dispossessions
Type of: due process, due process of law, supernaturalism
Encyclopedia: Dispossession, oppression and depression