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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Ouster \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; -- of a person. [1913 Webster]

    Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

    2. Expulsion; ejection; as, his misbehavior caused his ouster from the party; -- of a person, from a place or group. [PJC]

    Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Dispossession \Dis`pos*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]possession.] 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

    2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. [1913 Webster]