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Webster 1913 Edition


Dispossession

Disˊpos-ses′sion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
dépossession
.]
1.
The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
Bp. Hall.
2.
(Law)
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; – called also
ouster
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dispossession

DISPOSSESSION

,
Noun.
The act of putting out of possession.