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OUSTER [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2013-04-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ouster
1, record 1, English, ouster
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[D]ispossession, a wrong or injury which may be sustained in respect of hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, carrying with it the deprivation of possession; for thereby the wrongdoer gets into the actual occupation of the land or hereditament, and obliges him who has a right to seek his legal remedy in order to gain possession and damage for the injury sustained. An ouster may be either rightful or wrongful. A wrongful ouster is a disseisin. (Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1296). 1, record 1, English, - ouster
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- privation de possession
1, record 1, French, privation%20de%20possession
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
privation de possession : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 1, French, - privation%20de%20possession
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2005-12-21
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Tort Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- ouster
1, record 2, English, ouster
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The wrongful dispossession or exclusion of a person from property, usually associated with the acts of a co-tenant that exclude other co-tenants from their legal right to share possession. 1, record 2, English, - ouster
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit des délits (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- expulsion
1, record 2, French, expulsion
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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