ouster (ouster)

[ clusion, and is used only with reference to real property. Also called dispo e ion. It is.. stated that Smith the le ee entered; and that the defendant, William Stiles, who is called the casual ejector, ousted him; for which ouster he brings this action. Black stone , Com., III. xi. Judgment respond eat ouster. See judgment . - Ouster by discontinuance. See discontinuance. ouster-le-main, n. [OF. ouster , remove, + le , la , the, + main , hand: see mains .] In feudal times, a writ or judgment for recovery of lands out of the hand of the superior lord. The heir, at the age of twenty-one, and the heire , originally at the age of fourteen, but subsequently at the age of eighteen, sued out his or her livery or ousterlemain (take the hand off), and obtained release from royal protection and control. S. Dowell , Taxes in England. I. 35. out (out), adv. and prep. [ ude = Goth. uta, out, without; (c) AS. ūtan = OS. ütan = OHG. ūzana, üzān, MHG. üzen, G. au en Icel. ütan = Sw. utan = Dan. uden = Goth. ūtana, from without; prob. = Skt. ud, up, out. Hence comp. utter (whence utter, v., utterance, etc.), superl. utterest, utmost, outmost, etc., about, without, outward, etc.] I. adv. 1. Forth, either from a place, position, state, condition, or relation, or into a specified position, condition, existence, action, view, a ociation, etc.-the original notion 'forth' or the resultant notion 'in' prevailing according to the context or to circumstances. (a) From within or the inside to the exterior or outside: as, to go out; to rush out. Myrabell came and toke hym out aside; "Do after me," quod she, "as in this case." Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 834. Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out . Job xli. 19. There he sat and sung their loves, As she went out and in. The Jolly Goshawk (Child's Ballads, III. 286), -ous. [ME. -ous, -ouse ; -ous , -os, -us, -eus, later -eux , F. -eux = Sp. Pg. It. -oso , -onsus , orig. (Aryan) * -wans a , * -want a , a suffix (equivalent to E. -ful or -yl or -ed2) (6) From a source or receptacle: as, to draw out a dagger; Sir, oure strengh myght nogt stabill tham stille, They hilded for ought we couthe halde, Oure vnwittyng. York Plays (E. E. T. 8.), p. 326. In this houre I wol ben dede, or she shal bleven oure . to pour out wine; to squeeze out a drop. He saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. John ii. 8. The sheepfold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. Cowper , Task, 1. 291. (c) From confinement, concealment, obscurity, entanglement, etc.: as, to let out a secret; to bring out the meaning of a pa age. Hit is lure of our lyues, and we let sholde ffor to wreke vs of wrathe for any wegh oute . Destruction of Troy , 1. 2175. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary out One encompa 'd with a winding maze, That cannot tread the way out readily. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1152. They gnash their tusks, with fire their eyeballs roll, Till some wide wound lets out their mighty soul. Pope , Iliad, xii. 168. (d) From a proper or usual place, position, or connection: as, to cut out a line of verse; to put out of joint. These worlds in Tarquin new ambition bred; Who, like a foul usurper, went about From this fair throne to heave the owner out , Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 413. [The book of Halil was after by the lewes altered, putting out and in at their pleasure. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 273. With this you may do what you please, put out , put in, communicate or suppre . Milton , Ruptures of the Commonwealth. It does not seem to be po ible that you and your party should ever go out . Bulwer . (e) From a number of objects; from among others, or from all the others, as by seeking, choosing, separating, omitting, etc.: as, to find out ; to pick out ; to leave out . Of the yonge oute trie [pick, cull], Oon here, oon there, and elles where hem dripe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 54. I, even I, will both search my sheep and seek them out . Ezek. xxxiv. 11. Till utmost end Of all thy dues be done, and none left out .