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Webster 1913 Edition
Ouster
Oust′er
,Noun.
[Prob. fr. the OF. infin.
oster
, used substantively. See Oust
.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; – of a person.
Ouster
of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone.
Ouster le main
. [
Ouster
+ F. la main
the hand, L. manus
.] (Law)
A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king’s hands, or a judgement given for that purpose.
Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ouster
OUST'ER
,Noun.
Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance or deforcement.
A delivery of lands out of the bands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands; or a judgment given for that purpose.