ejectment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the legal process of removing a person from possession of land or other property

   The landlord began ejectment proceedings after the lease expired.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of forcing someone or something out

   The guard ordered the trespasser's immediate ejectment from the hall.

Formed from eject + -ment, after Anglo-French and legal Latin formations. Eject ultimately comes from Latin eicere ("to cast out"), from ex- ("out") + iacere ("to throw"). In common law, ejectment became the name of an action for recovering possession of land.

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