What Does the Word Ousting Mean?

1a : to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity The rebels ousted the dictator from power. b : to take away (something, such as a right or authority) : bar, remove The states do not like attempts by Congress to oust their jurisdiction.

What does ouster mean?

1a : a wrongful dispossession. b : a judgment removing an officer or depriving a corporation of a franchise. 2 : expulsion.

How do you use ouster in a sentence?

Ouster sentence example

After Baxter had been a year in office Brooks received a judgment of ouster against him from a state circuit judge, and got possession of the public buildings (April 1874).

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