OUSTER

Source: 566, 567

ouster. Ouster, n. a dispossessing

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Oust″er (?), n. [[Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.]] A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone. Ouster le main. [[Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.]] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Blackstone.