English noun: legal ouster | |||
1. | legal ouster (act) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | ||
Synonyms | dispossession, eviction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | due process, due process of law | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | actual eviction, ouster, retaliatory eviction | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||