ejectment
/ɪˈdʒɛktm(ə)nt
/noun [mass noun] Law, chiefly historical
1The eviction of a tenant from property: the landlord shall serve a writ in ejectment...
- We would seek ejectment because the people wouldn't have clear title to the land.
- When and where agents obtained civil-bill decrees and writs of ejectment in the county courts, thereby forcing the tenants to bear some of the legal costs, League organizers had a much easier time recruiting new members.
- Lord Ashbrook dug his heels in and threatened to unleash a shower of ejectment writs if his tenants did not pay the full amount promptly - a threat that evidently proved effective.
1.1The process by which an evicted tenant seeks to recover possession and damages: he brought an action in ejectment against the rector...
- Certainly, if you bring an action in ejectment, if you have a right to possession of the property, you certainly can do that.
- An action for mesne profits, unlike ejectment, allows the claimant to claim damages for his loss during the period that he has been dispossessed.
- Is it significant that it may be a form of summary remedy or an ordinary action of ejectment?