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oust⋅er

  [ou-ster]
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–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; < AF, n. use of inf. See oust
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oust·er   (ous'tər)   
n.  
    1. The act of ejecting, forcing out, or supplanting.
    2. The state of being ejected, forced out, or supplanted.
  2. One that ejects, forces out, or supplants another.
  3. Law The act of forcing one out of possession or occupancy of material property to which one is entitled; illegal or wrongful dispossession.

[Anglo-Norman, to oust, ouster; see oust.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: oust·er
Pronunciation: 'aus-t&r
Function: noun
1 : wrongful dispossession esp. of a cotenant
2 : a judgment removing a public officer or depriving a corporation of a public franchise
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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