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Definition of Evict
1. Verb. Expel or eject without recourse to legal process. "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
Generic synonyms: Boot Out, Chuck Out, Eject, Exclude, Turf Out, Turn Out
Derivative terms: Eviction
2. Verb. Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process. "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
Generic synonyms: Boot Out, Chuck Out, Eject, Exclude, Turf Out, Turn Out
Derivative terms: Eviction
Definition of Evict
1. v. t. To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
Definition of Evict
1. Verb. (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evict
1. to expel by legal process [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evict
Literary usage of Evict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Using Civil Remedies for Criminal Behavior: Rationale, Case Studies by Peter Finn (1997)
"... NY 10013 (212) 335-4370 Case Study 6 United States Attorney for the Southern
District of New York's Use of Property Forfeiture Proceedings To evict Drug ..."
2. The Law of Landlord and Tenant: With All the Requisite Forms, Including the by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"CHAPTER I. For evicting, or attempting to evict his Tenant. CHAPTER II. for Injuries
to his Reversion. CHAPTER III. Landlord's Remedies against the Sheriff. ..."
3. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... The dual legislature — Hamilton, negro member of the legislature, makes a
Democratic speech — The military evict the Democrats from the Capitol. ..."
4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"... a master turns away his servant, does it follow that he cannot evict him till
the end ... evict ..."
5. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"The act also declares, that the contracting of debt, or the doing of any deed by
which creditors may adjudge or evict the lands entailed, shall irritate the ..."
6. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury (1915)
"... would be able to evict this element and thus insure peace and safety to the
legitimate business interests of the community. ..."
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