ejectment
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ejectment (countable and uncountable, plural ejectments)
- (law) The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, V.x.4:
- She had only, therefore, to save herself an actual ejectment, by quitting a house in which she was exposed to such a disgrace.
- (generally) A casting out, an ejection.
Synonyms edit
- (casting out): ejection
References edit
- “ejectment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.