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Webster 1913 Edition
Evict
E-vict′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Evicted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Evicting
.] 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.
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.]Definition 2024
evict
evict
English
Verb
evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)
- (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
Translations
to expel
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