eviction (redirected from Forcible detainer)

e·vict  (-vkt)

tr.v. e·vict·ed, e·vict·ing, e·victs

1. To put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel.

2. To force out; eject. See Synonyms at eject.

3. Law To recover (property, for example) by a superior claim or legal process.

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[Middle English evicten, from Latin vincere, vict-, to vanquish : -, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + vincere, to defeat; see weik-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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e·vict·ee (-vk-t, -vkt) n.

e·viction n.

e·victor n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eviction - 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 coercion, compulsion - using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	eviction - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law dispossession, legal ouster 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 ouster - a wrongful dispossession actual eviction - the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent retaliatory eviction - an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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eviction

noun expulsion, removal, clearance, ouster (Law), ejection, dispossession, dislodgement He was facing eviction for non-payment of rent.

Translations

eviction [ɪˈvɪkʃən]

A. N → desahucio m, desalojo m

B. CPD eviction notice N → aviso m de desalojo
eviction order N → orden f de desalojo

eviction [ɪˈvɪkʃ^ən] n → expulsion f
eviction notice n → préavis m d'expulsion
eviction order n → arrêté m d'expulsion

eviction

n → Ausweisung f

eviction [ɪˈvɪkʃ/ən] n → sfratto