eviction

[Latin evictio; Fr. éviction, from Lat. evict us, pa. par. of evinco.] *I. Ord. Lang .: Proof, evidence, demonstration, conclusive testimony. "A plurality of voices carries the question in all our debates, but rather as an expedient for peace than an eviction of the right."-L'Estrange. II. Law : The act of dispo e ing by the course of the law; an expelling from lands or tenements by legal proceedings; an ejectment.