deprivation of possession

  • 1deprivation of possession — index disseisin, eviction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2possession — pos·ses·sion /pə ze shən/ n 1: the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a: actual possession in this entry b: constructive possession in …

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  • 3deprivation — noun 1) unemployment and deprivation Syn: poverty, impoverishment, penury, privation, hardship, destitution; need, want, distress, indigence, beggary, ruin; straitened circumstances Ant: wealth …

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  • 4Criticism of intellectual property — Critics of the term intellectual property argue that the increased use of this terminology coincided with a more general shift away from thinking about things like copyright and patent law as specific legal instruments designed to promote the… …

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  • 5disseisin — /dasiyzan/ Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; a usurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers and privileges of ownership as to keep out or displace him to whom these rightfully… …

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  • 6disseisin — /dasiyzan/ Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; a usurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers and privileges of ownership as to keep out or displace him to whom these rightfully… …

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  • 7disseisin — dis·sei·sin or dis·sei·zin /di sēz ən/ n [Anglo French disseisine, from Old French dessaisine, from dessaisir to dispossess see disseise]: the act of disseising: the state of being disseised Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …

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  • 8eviction — evic·tion /i vik shən/ n: the dispossession of a tenant of leased property by force or esp. by legal process actual eviction: eviction that involves the physical expulsion of a tenant constructive eviction: eviction effected by substantially… …

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  • 9Amotion — A*mo tion, n. [L. amotio. See {Amove}.] 1. Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office. [1913 Webster] 2. Deprivation of possession. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 10amotion — aˈmōshən, əˈ noun ( s) Etymology: Latin amotion , amotio removal, from amotus (past participle of amovēre to remove) + ion , io ion more at amove 1. a. : removal of a specified object from a place or position b …

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