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 - constructive eviction
The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law - dispossession, legal ouster
Derived forms: evictions
See also: evict
Type of: coercion, compulsion, due process, due process of law