forced someone to leave a property, usually by legal action (most commonly a landlord evicting a tenant).
From Latin 'evincere,' meaning to conquer or overcome through force. Combined with 'ex-' (out), it literally means 'to force out.' Used in legal contexts since medieval times.
Eviction is one of those painful words where the legal process often takes longer than it should, and it shows up in historical records wherever humans have fought over property rights!
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