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Webster 1913 Edition


Evict

E-vict′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Evicted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Evicting
.]
[L.
evictus
, p. p. of
evincere
to overcome completely, evict. See
Evince
.]
1.
(Law)
To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
The law of England would speedily
evict
them out of their possession.
Sir. J. Davies.
2.
To evince; to prove.
[Obs.]
Cheyne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Evict

EVICT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. evinco, evictum; e and vinco, to conquer.]
1.
To dispossess by a judicial process, or course of legal proceedings; to recover lands or tenements by law.
If either party be evicted for defect of the other's title.
2.
To take away by sentence by law.
3.
To evince; to prove. [Not used.]

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evict

evict

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evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)

  1. (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

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