Dictionary entry

Eviction

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E‐vic″tion (?), n. [L. evictio: cf. F. éviction.] 1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.

2. Conclusive evidence; proof.

Full eviction of this fatal truth. South.