retaliatory eviction

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Noun

retaliatory eviction - an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many statesdispossession, legal ouster, eviction - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of lawlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Retaliatory Eviction

The act of a landlord in ejecting or attempting to eject a tenant from the rented premises, or in refusing to renew a lease, because of the tenant's complaints or participation in a tenant's union or in similar activities with which the landlord is not in accord.

In some states, such retaliation will bar the landlord from enforcing normal eviction remedies against the tenant.

Cross-references

Landlord and Tenant.

retaliatory eviction

A landlord's refusal to allow a tenant to remain after the tenant has made a good-faith complaint about the landlord, the property, or the landlord's manner of management. (This is illegal in many states.)

retaliatory eviction

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Words related to retaliatory eviction

noun an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord

Related Words

dispossession
legal ouster
eviction
law
jurisprudence

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