dispossession

dis·pos·sess

D0282400 (dĭs′pə-zĕs′)tr.v. dis·pos·sessed, dis·pos·sess·ing, dis·pos·sess·es To deprive (another) of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property.

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dis′pos·ses′sion (-zĕsh′ən) n.dis′pos·ses′sor n.dis′pos·ses′so·ry (-zĕs′ə-rē) adj.

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Noun	1.	dispossession - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of lawlegal ouster, evictiondue process, due process of law - (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguardsouster - a wrongful dispossessionactual eviction - the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rentretaliatory eviction - an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many stateslaw, 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"
	2.	dispossession - freeing from evil spirits exorcismsupernaturalism - a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understandingsummoning, evocation - calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

dispossession

nounThe condition of being deprived of what one once had or ought to have:deprival, deprivation, divestiture, loss, privation.

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