CONSTRUCTIVE EVICTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

constructive eviction; eviction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("constructive eviction" is a kind of...):

coercion; compulsion (using force to cause something to occur)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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