Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dispossession

Dispossession , noun

[Compare French dépossession.]

1.
The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. — Bp. Hall
2.
(Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.