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Evict  v. t.  (past & past part. evicted; pres. part. 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."
2.
To evince; to prove. (Obs.)





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"Evict" Quotes from Famous Books



... due to the expansion of the woollen industry in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Landlords at this period (we are told) were increasingly eager for pecuniary gain and, because of the greater profit to be made from grazing, were willing to evict the tenants on their land and convert the arable fields to sheep pasture. About the end of the sixteenth century, it is said, this first enclosure movement came to an end, for there are evidences of the ...
— The Enclosures in England - An Economic Reconstruction • Harriett Bradley
... certain point; but he was at length able to dissolve it, and follow what counsels he pleased. His first act was to renew the demand for plenipotentiary envoys, or else he would immediately take steps legally to evict and ...
— The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 • Julian Hawthorne
... from this series of lectures was, let me say, the less important part of my victory, and yet it was wondrous opportune. They enabled me to cancel my indebtedness to the Doctor, and still have a little something to keep me going until my classes began in October, and as my landlord did not actually evict me, I stayed on shamelessly, fattening visibly on the puddings and roasts which Mrs. Cross provided and dear old Mary cooked with joy. She was the true artist. She loved ...
— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland
... Fixity of tenure, by which the tenant remains in possession of the land for ever, subject to periodic revision of the rent. (Land Act, 1881, sec. 8.) If the tenant has not had a fair rent fixed, and his landlord proceeds to evict him for non-payment of rent, he can apply to the court to fix the fair rent, and meantime the eviction proceedings will be restrained by the court. (Sec. 13.) (2) Fair rent, by which any yearly tenant may apply to the Land Commission Court (the judges of which were appointed under ...
— About Ireland • E. Lynn Linton
... he went to work in the Scottish harvests. His family was not as badly off as those of some of the boys. Some had run so far behind that the gombeen man had served writs on them, obtained judgment against their holdings, and could evict them at pleasure. ...
— What's the Matter with Ireland? • Ruth Russell


Words linked to "Evict" :   chuck out, turn out, turf out, boot out, force out, eject, eviction


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