ejectment

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“They just can’t access the summary ejectment proceedings” for such bills, he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016

And later, in the reign of Edward IV., the judges gave to copyholders a certainty of tenure by allowing them an action of trespass on ejectment by their lords without just cause.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

The anathema which had been pronounced against him, however, had impaired his credit, and the clergy of Bruges had little difficulty in procuring his ejectment.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

As Mrs. Edwards examined carefully the receipt he gave, he remarked, with his sinister smile— 'His lordship requires you to pay due regard to the ejectment notice served upon you.

From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus

"If you were rotten enough for that, I suppose she could appeal to the magistrates for an ejectment order," replied Percy hazily.

From A Drake by George! by Trevena, John