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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUST'ER, n. Amotion of possession; disseizin; dispossession; ejection.
Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance or deforcement.
A delivery of lands out of the bands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands; or a judgment given for that purpose.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who ousts or supplants someone else [syn: ouster, ejector]
2: a wrongful dispossession
3: the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out [syn: ouster, ousting]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Anglo-French, from oster, ouster to oust Date: 1531 1. a. a wrongful dispossession b. a judgment removing an officer or depriving a corporation of a franchise 2. expulsion

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 ejection as a result of physical action, judicial process, or political upheaval. 2 esp. US dismissal, expulsion.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ouster Oust"er, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. --Blackstone. Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. --Blackstone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dispossession Dis`pos*ses"sion, n. [Cf. F. d['e]possession.] 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.

Moby Thesaurus

booting out, bouncer, chucker, chucker-out, defenestration, detrusion, discharge, dislodgment, dispossession, ejection, ejectment, ejector, eviction, evictor, expeller, expulsion, extrusion, jettison, kicking downstairs, obtrusion, ousting, rejection, removal, the boot, the bounce, throwing out