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  • 11dispossess — v. a. 1. Deprive, divest, strip. 2. Dislodge, eject, oust, drive out. 3. (Law.) Disseize, oust, wrongfully dispossess …

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  • 12dispossess of hereditary right — index disinherit, disown (refuse to acknowledge) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13dispossess of right — index disqualify Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14dispossess oneself of — index abandon (relinquish) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 15dispossess warrant — A warrant issued by the court in dispossess proceedings for the ouster of the tenant. See writ of possession …

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  • 16dispossess — transitive verb Etymology: Middle French despossesser, from des dis + possesser to possess Date: 15th century to put out of possession or occupancy < dispossessed the nobles of their land > • dispossession noun • dispossessor …

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  • 17dispossess — dispossession, n. dispossessor, n. dispossessory /dis peuh zes euh ree/, adj. /dis peuh zes /, v.t. 1. to put (a person) out of possession, esp. of real property; oust. 2. to banish. 3. to abandon ownership of (a building), esp …

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  • 18dispossess — verb To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them. See Also: dispossession …

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  • 19dispossess — Synonyms and related words: bereave, boot out, bounce, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dislodge, disown, disseise, divest, drive out, eject, evict, expel, expropriate, foreclose, kick out, lose, oust, put out, rob, throw out, turn out …

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  • 20dispossess — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. evict, dislodge; confiscate, usurp. See displacement, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take away from] Syn. confiscate, divest, strip, steal; see disinherit , seize 2 . 2. [To evict] Syn.&#8230; …

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