dispossession - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of lawdue process, due process of law - (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards ouster - a wrongful dispossession actual eviction - the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent retaliatory eviction - an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |