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

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

John Doe and Richard Roe, names of an imaginary plaintiff and opponent in the old legal action for ejectment, and proverbial term for a legal action.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

After his ejectment he frequently preached in his own house, and in other houses in the town; until at length he opened a Meeting House, which would hold from 300 to 400 hearers.

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

Now he was faced with a threat of ejectment from the landlord, who had heard of the wilful damage to his property, plus the cost of a new door.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert