Noun: eviction i'vik-shun
- (law) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
"The landlord obtained an eviction to remove the non-paying tenants";
- dispossession, legal ouster
- (law) action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved
"The tenant claimed constructive eviction due to the landlord's failure to repair a leaking roof";
- constructive eviction
Derived forms: evictions
Type of: coercion, compulsion, due process, due process of law
Encyclopedia: Eviction