Forcing someone to leave a property, usually a home, typically through legal action by a landlord or property owner.
From Latin 'evincere' (e- 'out' + vincere 'to conquer'). The legal term emerged in Middle English from Old French 'evicter.' Originally meant to defeat or overcome, then narrowed to the legal process of removal.
Eviction history reveals economic inequality—during the Great Depression and 2008 financial crisis, eviction rates skyrocketed, and historians now study evictions as key indicators of when societies are breaking down economically.
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