Eviction - Definition
eviction
n 1: 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: eviction, constructive eviction]
2: the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the
possession of land by process of law [syn: eviction,
dispossession, legal ouster]