EJECTMENT

Etymology

Noun

ejectment (countable and uncountable, plural ejectments)

(legal) The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings.

(generally) A casting out, an ejection.

Synonyms

• (casting out): ejection

Source: Wiktionary

E*ject"ment, n.

1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

2. (Law)

Definition: A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition