eviction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved
    constructive eviction.
  2. noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
    legal ouster; dispossession.

WordNet

E*vic"tion noun
Etymology
L. evictio: cf. F. éviction.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.
  2. Conclusive evidence; proof. Obs.
    Full eviction of this fatal truth. South.

Webster 1913