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

I thanked heaven that I had at least been firm about not taking the children; for the dogs, at all events, the moment of summary ejectment would arrive sooner or later.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

Apparently they had been considering his ejectment, had found it for some reason or other not to be feasible, and had substituted the offer of compensation....

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

After his ejectment, he preached in his own house on Thursdays without molestation.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

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.

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