ejectment

[ ih-jekt-muh nt ]

/ ɪˈdʒɛkt mənt /

the act of ejecting.

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

Origin of ejectment

First recorded in 1560–70; eject + -ment

This was an ejectment brought to recover the rectory-house, &c. of Exeter College in Oxford.

Select Speeches of Daniel Webster |Daniel Webster
But the historical interest attaching to the action of ejectment is so great as to render some account of it necessary.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 |Various
The landlord served notice to quit, and brought an ejectment.

The Land-War In Ireland (1870) |James Godkin
In this action, known as an action of disseisin or ejectment, both possession of the land and damages may be recovered.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 |Various

Ejectment is the action employed to eject or turn out a wrongful possessor and recover possession of land.

Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman |Albert Sidney Bolles

ejectment

/ (ɪˈdʒɛktmənt) /

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

the act of ejecting or state of being ejected; dispossession