Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of ejecting.
- noun Law An action brought by one claiming the right to possess real property currently possessed by another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ejecting or casting out; specifically, a dispossession; the act of dispossessing or ousting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection.
- noun (Law) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
casting out. - noun law A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of
real property , and damages and costs for thewrongful withholding of it.
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Examples
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In older English law, the ejectment was a trespass action that could be taken only by a leaseholder for damages resulting from having been wrongfully dispossessed of property.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Sim was in debt to his landlord, and over the idea of ejectment from his little dwelling the tailor would brood day and night.
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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This includes handling landlord-tenant and other land-possession actions, such as ejectment, unlawful detainer, foreclosure, and includes
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This includes handling landlord-tenant and other land-possession actions, such as ejectment, unlawful detainer, foreclosure, and includes
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This includes handling landlord-tenant and other land-possession actions, such as ejectment, unlawful detainer, foreclosure, and includes
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This includes handling landlord-tenant and other land-possession actions, such as ejectment, unlawful detainer, foreclosure, and includes
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This includes handling landlord-tenant and other land-possession actions, such as ejectment, unlawful detainer, foreclosure, and includes
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This includes handling landlord-tenant and other land-possession actions, such as ejectment, unlawful detainer, foreclosure, and includes
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It seems clear to me that upholding a common-law claim for damages is a lot more like the contract case than the ejectment case.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Where’s the State Action in Tort Awards Based on Speech? 2010
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Not that this would make it any more difficult to take the land back if it ceases to be used as a memorial; it would merely require the government to take the additional step of filing a timely action for ejectment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mojave Cross Decision (Salazar v. Buono) Handed Down 2010
yarb commented on the word ejectment
The League refused to allow the supposed buyers to come upon the land, and the Railroad, faithful to its pledge in the matter of guaranteeing its dummies possession, at once began suits in ejectment in the district court in Visalia, the county seat.
- Frank Norris, The Octopus, bk 2, ch. 1
August 19, 2008