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eviction

[ ih-vik-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of forcing a tenant, or sometimes a squatter, to vacate a property (often used attributively):

    A local mother and her two daughters were given a court-ordered eviction, with four days to leave their apartment.

    When the rent got far enough behind, the landlord finally sent the tenants an eviction notice.

  2. the act of forcing someone to leave; expulsion:

    He is facing potential eviction from the Senate for failure to pay the costs of his unsuccessful legal battle.



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Other Words From

  • non·e·vic·tion noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eviction1

First recorded in 1450–1500, for an earlier sense; from Latin ēvictiōn-, stem of ēvictiō “recovery of one's property by law,” from ēvincere “to overcome, conquer”; evict ( def ), -ion ( def )

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Example Sentences

To make matters worse, Kromah says his landlord has given him an eviction notice.

“Kandynce Jones was under threat of eviction by [Sterling] even though she had never missed a rent payment,” court papers say.

Sterling refused her check and instituted eviction proceedings.

Another strategy was to refuse rent checks from blacks and Latinos and then institute eviction proceedings against them.

It appears charges were never filed, but his landlords began an eviction process against him shortly after.

Their eloquent silence was a protest, no doubt, against the eviction of the reporters.

To prevent eviction, payment of rent was the first effort of the club members.

Legislation with regard to the poor commenced contemporaneous with the laws against the eviction of the small farmers.

"Well, rather," replied Helen, and in a few trembling words she told the story of her eviction.

The feeling of the crofters in regard to increase of rent and eviction is very similar to that of the Irish tenantry.

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