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Ouster

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

oster, 1. fr.

In old English law. To put out; to take away; to deprive'; to deny a thing asked. Ouster le main, ousterlemain: to remove the hand; the delivery of lands out of a guardian's hands, when the male heir arrived at proper age; a writ against the lord for this purpose; the delivery of lands out of the king's hands, on a judgment on a monstrans de droit.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/r. Over; sea; V. Essoin.