In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
EVICTION
eviction, dispossession, legal ouster
(noun) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
eviction, constructive eviction
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eviction (countable and uncountable, plural evictions)
The act of evicting.
The state of being evicted.
Source: Wiktionary
E*vic"tion, n. Etym: [L. evictio: cf. F. Ă©viction.]
1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.
2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.] Full eviction of this fatal truth. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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