dispossession
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dis·pos·sess
(dĭs′pə-zĕs′)tr.v. dis·pos·sessed, dis·pos·sess·ing, dis·pos·sess·es
To deprive (another) of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property.
dis′pos·ses′sion (-zĕsh′ən) n.
dis′pos·ses′sor n.
dis′pos·ses′so·ry (-zĕs′ə-rē) adj.
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Noun | 1. | dispossession - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law due process, due process of law - (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards ouster - a wrongful dispossession actual eviction - the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent retaliatory eviction - an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
2. | dispossession - freeing from evil spirits supernaturalism - a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding |
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dispossession
nounThe condition of being deprived of what one once had or ought to have:
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dispossession
n → Enteignung f
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