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.