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noun

Dispossession n.

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

(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.

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Etymology of 'Dispossession'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dispossession" Quotes from Famous Books

... obviously feel, as he reads, the deductions which inevitably belong to them, I will add, that the strict performance of solemn engagements on one part, followed by acts directly subversive of them and by total dispossession on the other, stamps on the perpetrators of the latter the guilt of the greatest possible violation of faith and justice."—"There is an appearance of tenderness in this deviation from plain construction, ...

— The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... distinguishable, and the actual occupant may be required to show his title-deeds. Holding sovereignty to be a private estate, the feudal lawyers very properly distinguish between governments de facto and governments de jure, and argue very logically that violent dispossession of a prince does not invalidate his title. But sovereignty, it has been shown, is not in the government, but in the state, and the state is inseparable from the public domain. The people organized and held by the domain or national territory, are under God the sovereign ...

— The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny • A. O. Brownson