English noun: eviction | |||
| 1. | eviction (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | constructive eviction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coercion, compulsion | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 2. | eviction (act) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | ||
| Synonyms | dispossession, legal ouster | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | due process, due process of law | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | actual eviction, ouster, retaliatory eviction | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||