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Ejectment vs Eviction - What's the difference?

ejectment | eviction |

As nouns the difference between ejectment and eviction

is that ejectment is a casting out while eviction is eviction (the act of evicting).

ejectment

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A casting out.
  • (legal) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.

    • Synonyms

    * (casting out) ejection

    References

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    eviction

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia eviction) (en noun)
  • The act of evicting.
  • The state of being evicted.

    • Derived terms

    * constructive eviction