ejectment
Example Sentences
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“They just can’t access the summary ejectment proceedings” for such bills, he said.
From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016
The consequence was that I had to pay all sorts of arrears whilst an action for ejectment was brought against me for having been a few days late in paying the fire insurance.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.
The successor of old Captain Hawthorn took this mode of expressing his concurrence in the general opinion, rather than that of a summary ejectment, he being a practical man, and wise in his generation.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone
The trustees, and William Hogan, the recognized encumbent, refusing to obey the order of the pope's agents, a suit of ejectment was brought against them in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John
The anathema which had been pronounced against him, however, had impaired his credit, and the clergy of Bruges had little difficulty in procuring his ejectment.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
