Dis`pos*ses"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. d'epossession.]

1.

The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.

Bp. Hall.

2. Law

The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.

 

© Webster 1913.

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