casual ejector

casual ejector
A fictitious and nominal defendant in an action of ejectment.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


casual ejector
A fictitious and nominal defendant in an action of ejectment.

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  • casual ejector — A fiction whereby the old common law action of ejectment was utilized for the purpose of determining title to real estate. 25 Am J2d Eject § 2 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • casual ejector — noun English law : a fictitious person alleged to have ousted the lessee of the plaintiff in the old action of ejectment, the real defendant being substituted for him after notice …   Useful english dictionary

  • ejector — One who ejects, puts out, or dispossesses another. @ casual ejector 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… …   Black's law dictionary

  • ejector — One who ejects, puts out, or dispossesses another. @ casual ejector 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… …   Black's law dictionary

  • ejector — The person or thing by which a person or thing is ejected. See casual ejector …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Joe Sixpack — John Doe ist ein englischer Platzhaltername für fiktive oder nicht identifizierte Personen. John war lange Zeit der häufigste englische Männername. Doe bezeichnet eine Hirschkuh. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bedeutung 2 Alternativen 3 Verwendungen 4… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Doe — John Doe, weibliche Form: Jane Doe, ist ein englischer Platzhaltername für fiktive oder nicht identifizierte Personen. John war lange Zeit der häufigste englische Männername. Doe bezeichnet eine Hirschkuh. Der Begriff ist vor allem in den USA… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • entering the common rule — In the old common law action of ejectment, the entry by the clerk of an order of court requiring the casual ejector, if he was a stranger, to give notice to the tenant in possession that he had been sued and would make no defense, and that unless …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • fiction — In the sense of a fiction of law, a contrived condition or situation; the simulation of a status or condition with the purpose of accomplishing justice, albeit justice reached by devious means, as the fiction of casual ejector whereby the action… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • prior tenant — Same as casual ejector …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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