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| reasonable ground for a belief, as that the accused was guilty of the crime, used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution |
| the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation |
ejectment
in Anglo-American property law, legal action for recovery of land from one wrongfully in possession and monetary compensation for his unlawful detention of the land
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