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evict

ɪˈvɪkt
WordNet
On the left, the family of Sebaldus Nothanker is evicted from their official residence. On the right, Sebaldus Nothanker sits defeated next to the deathbed of his wife and daughter.
On the left, the family of Sebaldus Nothanker is evicted from their official residence. On the right, Sebaldus Nothanker sits defeated next to the deathbed of his wife and daughter.
  1. (v) evict
    expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
  2. (v) evict
    expel or eject without recourse to legal process "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
Illustrations
Sebaldus Nothanker's family is evicted from their official residence. In the doorway are Wilhelmine, Sebaldus's wife, and their daughter Mariane with the child Charlotte on her arm. Behind them stands Truffelius, Sebaldus's successor. The family is met by a group of soldiers. Numbered top right: 50.S.
Sebaldus Nothanker's family is evicted from their official residence. In the doorway are Wilhelmine, Sebaldus's wife, and their daughter Mariane with the child Charlotte on her arm. Behind them stands Truffelius, Sebaldus's successor. The family is met by a group of soldiers. Numbered top right: 50.S.
Landlord evicts family. On the left a fat man in a suit with a bowler hat, gesturing with his right hand over his shoulder that they must leave. On the right a defeated poor family. A little girl clings to her mother, a woman with a black cap. On the right is the father, a man with an apron and a cap. In the foreground a boy, seen from the back, with a toy horse on wheels.
Landlord evicts family. On the left a fat man in a suit with a bowler hat, gesturing with his right hand over his shoulder that they must leave. On the right a defeated poor family. A little girl clings to her mother, a woman with a black cap. On the right is the father, a man with an apron and a cap. In the foreground a boy, seen from the back, with a toy horse on wheels.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Evict
    (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. "The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession."
  2. Evict
    To evince; to prove.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. evict
    To dispossess by a judicial process or course of legal proceedings; expel from lands or tenements by legal process.
  2. evict
    To wrest or alienate by reason of the hostile assertion of an irresistible title, though without judicial process. See eviction, 2.
  3. evict
    Hence To expel by force; turn out or remove in any compulsory way: as, to evict disturbers from a theater.
  4. evict
    To evince; prove.
  5. evict
    To set aside; displace; annul.
  6. evict
    To force out; compel.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Evict
    e-vikt′ to dispossess by law: to expel from
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. evictus, p. p. of evincere, to overcome completely, evict. See Evince

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. evictus, pa.p. of evincĕre, to overcome.

Usage in the news

Unable to reach a settlement with a woman who made three years of mortgage payments on a property she didn't own, Peoples Neighborhood Bank is filing formal eviction notices against Shelia M Layo. thetimes-tribune.com

Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory, seized equipment and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity. innipegfreepress.com

Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia have evicted surveyors workin. innipegfreepress.com

Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity. vancouversun.com

Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas. vancouversun.com

Selling His House, About To Evict His Ex-Wife. v1011fm.com

Jury Votes to Evict Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Grower's Collective. eastbayexpress.com

Jersey City, Bayonne tenants say landlord using storm damage as excuse to evict . nj.com

SWAT team called in to evict 63-year-old woman from foreclosed home. 700wlw.com

A landlord evicted their tenants after a child's remains were found in the backyard. abclocal.go.com

Tuesday they evicted the couple who rented their home and piled their belongings in the driveway. abclocal.go.com

The Lancias evicted the couple because they're so revolted over what's happened. abclocal.go.com

Man impersonated cop to evict renters. sun-sentinel.com

Call the clinic before you evict an unwanted house guest. naplesnews.com

New owner of the Portage Theater moves to evict current operators. bez.org

Usage in scientific papers

Thus, once a phase starts, the file must be present in the cache and the earliest this file can be evicted from the cache is at the next time step.
Caching with rental cost and zapping

The cost of renting is λ and cost of buying is the cost of eviction, which is cost(f ).
Caching with rental cost and zapping

The total rental cost of ALG∞ is same as the total rental cost of ALGSR and the total eviction cost of ALG∞ is equal to the total cost of buying for ALGSR .
Caching with rental cost and zapping

For each eviction, we charge the cost of eviction for RentalCachingMeta to the algorithm that evicted the file, breaking ties arbitrarily.
Caching with rental cost and zapping

So, it pays 1 k eviction cost and kλ rental cost at each step.
Caching with rental cost and zapping

Usage in literature

But not all evictions were due to this cause alone. "The Enclosures in England" by Harriett Bradley

When he awoke, he found that the mother badger had gone to join her evicted mate. "Creatures of the Night" by Alfred W. Rees

He evicted his tenants and made large grass farms. "The Red Hand of Ulster" by George A. Birmingham

Some way, somehow, he must manage to evict these women. "The Crimson Tide" by Robert W. Chambers

In 1822 he was evicted for arrears of rent, and in 1825 the unlucky venture came to an end. "Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle" by H. N. Brailsford

Human beings had been evicted: sheep had become the 'devourers of men. "The Red River Colony" by Louis Aubrey Wood

You wanted me to evict her. "Kildares of Storm" by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

How soon, Ben, do you suppose they will evict us? "The Romance of a Plain Man" by Ellen Glasgow

Then he took the seat which his evicted nephew had vacated, and bent over Carmen. "Carmen Ariza" by Charles Francis Stocking

And no rent had as yet come in, although various tenants had been necessarily evicted. "The Landleaguers" by Anthony Trollope

Usage in poetry
What? You gonna get eviction orders?
You gonna cut off my heat?
You gonna take my furniture and
Throw it in the street?
"The Ballad Of The Landlord" by Langston Hughes Author object (433)
For, as they mingle, so mix life and death;
An hour draws near when my day too will die;
Already I forecast unheaving breath,
Eviction on the moorland of yon sky.
"At My Window After Sunset" by George MacDonald Author object (244)