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eviction (n.)

mid-15c., "restoration, recovery," from Old French éviction and directly from Late Latin evictionem (nominative evictio) "recovery of one's property (by judicial decision)," noun of action from past-participle stem of evincere, literally "overcome, conquer" (see evict). From 1580s as "dispossession by judicial sentence, the recovery of lands or tenements from another's possession by due course of law."

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Definitions of eviction from WordNet

eviction (n.)
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
eviction (n.)
the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law;
Synonyms: dispossession / legal ouster
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