Meaning of OUSTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'awstur
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- [n] the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- [n] a wrongful dispossession
- [n] a person who ousts or supplants someone else
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| | Synonyms: | | ejector, ousting |
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| | See Also: | | deposition, dethronement, dispossession, ejection, eviction, exclusion, expulsion, human, individual, legal ouster, mortal, person, riddance, somebody, someone, soul | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used
substantively. See {Oust}.]
A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection;
disseizin.
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | booting out, bouncer, chucker, chucker-out, defenestration, detrusion, discharge, dislodgment, dispossession, ejection, ejectment, ejector, eviction, evictor, expeller, expulsion, extrusion, jettison, kicking downstairs, obtrusion, ousting, rejection, removal, the boot, the bounce, throwing out |
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