ouster

[ou-ster] Origin

oust·er

[ou-ster]
noun
1.
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied: The opposition called for the ouster of the cabinet minister.
2.
Law.
a.
an ejection or eviction; dispossession.
b.
a wrongful exclusion from real property.

Origin:
1525–35; < Anglo-French, noun use of infinitive See oust
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Ouster is always a great word to know.
So is trial. Does it mean:
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time
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ouster (ˈaʊstə)
 
n
property law the act of dispossessing of freehold property; eviction; ejection

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ouster
1530s, noun use of Anglo-Fr. ouster (see oust).
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