Casual Ejector
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In practice. The person supposed to perform the fictitious ouster of the tenant of the demandant in an action of ejectment. See "Ejectment."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The person supposed to perform the fictitious ouster of the tenant of the demandant in an action of ejectment See Ejectment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In practice. The nominal defendant in an action of ejectment; so called because, by a fiction of law peculiar to that action, he is supposed to come casually or by accident upon the premises, and to turn out or eject the lawful possessor. 3 Bl. Comm. 203; 3 Steph. Comm 670 ; French v. Robb, 67 N. J. Law. 260, 51 Atl. 509, 57 In R. A. 956, 91 Am. St Rep. 433.
Defined under Casual in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The nominal defendant in ejectment by a fiction of law, he is supposed to come casually, upon the premises, and to eject the lawful possessor.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In practice. The nominal defendant in an action of ejectment; 80 called because, by a fiction of law peculiar to that action, he is supposed to come casuaily or by accident upon the premises, and to turn out or eject the lawful possessor. 3 Bl. Comm. 208; 8 Steph. Comm. 670,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The fictitious defendant in ejectment.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In practice. The nominal defendant in an action of ejectment; so called because, by a fiction of law peculiar to that action, he is supposed to come casuc Uly, or by accident upon the premises, and to turn out or eject the lawful possessor. * 3 Bl. Com. 203. 3 Steph. Com. 670, et seq, Adams on Eject, 15, 16. This, with other fictions of the action of ejectment, has been abolished by the laws of some of the United States. 2 N, T. Bev. St, [304] 231, § 6. Mick. Bev, St. 471, sec. 6, (ed. 1838.)
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
practice, torts. Formerly in the trial of right to lands by ejectment, was a person supposed casually or by accident to come upon the land, and turn out the lawful possessor; he was called the casual ejector. Originally in order to try the nght by ejectment, several the land in question, upon which the owner was to make a formal entry; and being so in possession he executed a lease to some third person or lessee, leaving him in_ possession; then the prior tenant or some other person, called the casual ejector, either by accident or by agreement beforehand, came upon the land and turned him out, and for this ouster or turning out, the action was brought. But these formalities are now dispensed with, and the trial relates merely to the title, the defendant being bound to acknowledge the lease, entry, and ouster. 3 Bl. Com. 202; Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t.