(v) evict, See Also: force someone to move house, Example:เจ้าของหมู่บ้านมาไล่ที่พวกที่ทำเพิงอยู่ท้ายหมู่บ้าน, Thai Definition:ใช้อิทธิพลบังคับให้ออกไปจากที่ดิน
(v) expel or eject without recourse to legal process, Example:The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.
(v) expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process, Syn. force out, Example:The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months
(n) action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved, Syn. constructive eviction
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Evicting. ] [ L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince. ] 1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. [ 1913 Webster ]
The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. Sir. J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To evince; to prove. [ Obs. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. evictio: cf. F. éviction. ] 1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster. [ 1913 Webster ]