Dispossess Definition

dĭspə-zĕs
dispossessed, dispossesses, dispossessing
verb
To deprive of the possession of something, esp. land, a house, etc.; oust.
Webster's New World
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noun
To evict someone from a tenancy in, or the possession of, real property.
Webster's New World Law
A document, such as a legally required notice, advising someone that an eviction proceeding will be commenced if he or she does not vacate the premises within a specified time period.
Webster's New World Law
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Origin of Dispossess

  • Middle English, from Middle French despossesser

    From Wiktionary

Dispossess Sentence Examples

  • The Hellenizers still enjoyed the royal favour and Jonathan made no attempt to dispossess them.

  • Any deprivation or supersession of the count might impoverish, dispossess or ruin the vassals of the entire county; so that all, vassals or officials, small and great, feeling their danger, united their efforts, and lent each other mutual assistance against the permanent menace of an overweening monarchy.

  • In other words, the goal is to eventually dispossess them of their homeland and their capital, Jerusalem.

  • The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination.

  • Collation, which otherwise corresponds to institution, does not make the church full, and the true patron can dispossess the clerk at any time, unless he is a patron who collates.

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