1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EJECTMENT (Lat. e, out, a.ndjacere, to throw), in English law, an action for the recovery of the possession of land, together with damages for the wrongful withholding thereof. In the old classifications of actions, as real or personal, this was known as a mixed action, because its object was twofold, viz. to recover both the realty and personal damages. It should be noted that the term " ejectment " applies in law to distinct classes of proceedings — ejectments as between rival claimants to land, and ejectments as…
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