| 单词 | eviction |
| 释义 | eviction (once / 6716 pages) n An eviction is when a renter or tenant is forced to move out by a property owner. If you don't pay rent for months, you run the risk of eviction. It's most often a landlord who brings an eviction against someone who's renting an apartment or house. In most states, an eviction follows some kind of legal action — the landlord usually has to prove that the tenant hasn't paid rent or isn't following the terms of the lease. The Late Latin root of the word eviction is evictionem, "recovery of property by judicial decision." WORD FAMILYeviction: evictions+/evict: evicted, evicting, eviction, evicts USAGE EXAMPLESThe family was facing eviction from their home and couldn’t afford gifts for their children. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) But she spent her last years in poverty, desperate to revive her screenwriting career and fending off eviction from her Benedict Canyon home. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) His name was on the lease at the housing complex, and convicted felons were subject to eviction. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1n the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law Syn|Hypo|Hyper dispossession, legal ouster ouster a wrongful dispossession actual evictionthe physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent retaliatory evictionan eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states due 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 safeguards 2n 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 Syn|Hyper constructive eviction coercion, compulsion using force to cause something to occur |
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