Evict
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil law. Torecover anything from a person by virtue of the judgment of a court or judicial sentence.
At common law
‘Todispossess, or turn out of the possession of lands by process of law. Also to recover land by judgment at law. “Ifthe land is evicted, no rent shall be paid.”
10 Coke, 128a.