evicting
Removing a tenant
Evicting is forcing someone to leave a property, typically through legal process.
Landlords evict tenants for nonpayment of rent or lease violations.
The word extends beyond housing: The bouncer was evicting rowdy patrons or The operating system is evicting old data from the cache.
The process is usually formal and often contested.
Act of taking away
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- shelterProtected place or structure
- belongingsThings you possess
uprooting · upheaval · displacement · dispossession · ousting · expulsion · migration · refugees
One who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- leaseTemporary use contract
- rentalPaid temporary use
- removalAct of taking away
dispossession · premises · notice · court · sheriff · belongings · apartment · nonpayment
Act of taking away
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
- policeCivil law enforcement
- locksmithLock and key specialist
padlock · belongings · curbside · confrontation · resistance · enforcement · physical · deputies
Civil court proceeding
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- complaintExpression of discontent
- summonsFormal court notification
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
judgment · order · appeal · statute · rights · due process · representation · attorney
removal
Act of taking away
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- shelterProtected place or structure
belongings · uprooting · upheaval · displacement · dispossession · ousting · expulsion · migration · refugees · gentrification
tenant
One who rents property
removal · dispossession · premises · notice · court · sheriff · belongings · apartment · nonpayment · squatter
removal
Act of taking away
locksmith · padlock · belongings · curbside · confrontation · resistance · enforcement · physical · deputies · officers
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- complaintExpression of discontent
- summonsFormal court notification
hearing · judgment · order · appeal · statute · rights · due process · representation · attorney · defendant
- driving awayrepelling, banishing, forcing out, warding off, fending off
- home activitiescleaning, cooking, sleeping, bathing, eating
evictingadmitting
Confessing or granting entry
letting in · welcoming · taking in · housing · accommodating
- eviction noticeFormal demand to vacate
- tenant evictionRemoval of renter legally
- eviction banLaw preventing tenant displacement
- illegal evictionUnlawful removal of tenant
- eviction moratoriumBan on tenant removal
- eviction processLegal steps to remove occupants