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 | ||