Associations to the word «Ouster»

Wiktionary

OUSTER, noun. (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
OUSTER, noun. (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
OUSTER, noun. (now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.
OUSTER, noun. (UK) Someone who ousts.
OUSTER LE MAIN, noun. (legal) 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.

Dictionary definition

OUSTER, noun. A person who ousts or supplants someone else.
OUSTER, noun. A wrongful dispossession.
OUSTER, noun. The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out.

Wise words

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