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Ejectment

In common law, a legal action to recover title to land one owns by right. Ejectment originated in the Middle Ages but is rarely employed today. See also: Eviction.
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ejectment

A legal action to restore possession of property to the party entitled to it.
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The ejectment of tenants of agricultural lands is governed by special law.
An action in ejectment would be for the recovery of possession for the land in question.
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The court further explained that although the failure to pay rent could subject a tenant to Maryland's summary ejectment proceedings under R.P.
(Admitted to practice: 2006) In September 2008, Herman was retained to represent a client in an ejectment action.
all suits, such as claims of ejectment and for recovery of a chattel.
First, courts in the early part of the twentieth century compared the junior user's laches defense--that the plaintiff "slept on his rights" for too long and now cannot enforce them--to an adverse possession defense against an ejectment claim.
We succeeded in eliminating the property management portion of an immigration bill; we reversed an effort regarding the discontinuation of direct billing to individually metered apartment residents; and we continue to advocate for expedited ejectment, which South Carolina lacks but is available in 34 states.
1906) (finding an action for ejectment in connection with telephone wires strung above the plaintiff's land).
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