ejectment

American  

[ih-jekt-muhnt] / ɪˈdʒɛkt mənt /

noun

1. the act of ejecting.

2. Law. a possessory action wherein the title to real property may be tried and the possession recovered.

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ejectment British  

/ ɪˈdʒɛktmənt /

noun

1. property law (formerly) an action brought by a wrongfully dispossessed owner seeking to recover possession of his land

2. the act of ejecting or state of being ejected; dispossession

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Etymology

Origin of ejectment

First recorded in 1560–70; eject + -ment

Example Sentences

“They just can’t access the summary ejectment proceedings” for such bills, he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016

Miss Ware, a lady residing at Claydon, to whom, it was stated, the property belonged, was communicated with, and she instructed her solicitors to take the necessary steps for the ejectment of Ignatius. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

This was the first he had heard of ejectment.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

The probability is, that some of the people to whom he had ministered would become Nonconformists with their pastor; but whether he obtained any opportunities of preaching to them after his ejectment is not known.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

The anathema which had been pronounced against him, however, had impaired his credit, and the clergy of Bruges had little difficulty in procuring his ejectment.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles