(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards

the collection of rules imposed by authority

expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

a wrongful dispossession

the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent

an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states

the collection of rules imposed by authority