ouster (redirected from Ousters)

oust·er  (oustr)

n.

1.

a. The act of ejecting, forcing out, or supplanting.

b. The state of being ejected, forced out, or supplanted.

2. One that ejects, forces out, or supplants another.

3. Law The act of forcing one out of possession or occupancy of material property to which one is entitled; illegal or wrongful dispossession.

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[Anglo-Norman, to oust, ouster; see oust.]

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ouster [ˈaʊstə]

n

(Law) Property law the act of dispossessing of freehold property; eviction; ejection

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ouster - a person who ousts or supplants someone else ejector individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	ouster - a wrongful dispossession dispossession, legal ouster, eviction - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law 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"
	3.	ouster - the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out ousting expulsion, riddance, ejection, exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" dethronement, deposition - the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office