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eviction

evic·tion

UK/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/ US/ɪˈvɪkʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

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

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2.

the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

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Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.

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