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Webster 1913 Edition

Ejectment

E-ject′ment

,
Noun.
1.
A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection;
as, the
ejectment
of tenants from their homes
.
2.
(Law)
A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.
Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ejectment

EJECT'MENT

,
Noun.
Literally, a casting out; a dispossession.
1.
In law, a writ or action which lies for the recovery of possession of land from which the owner has been ejected, and for trial of title. Ejectment may be brought by the lessor against the lessee for rent in arrear, or for holding over his term; also by the lessee for years, who has been ejected before the expiration of his term.

Definition 2024

ejectment

ejectment

English

Noun

ejectment ‎(plural ejectments)

  1. A casting out.
  2. (law) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.

Synonyms

References

  • ejectment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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