When to Use Ejectment?

Ejectments occur when there is not an existing landlord-tenant relationship. These occur when the owner wants to remove an occupant from their property. This may include a guest who has overstayed their welcome and is typically characterized by an occupant that has never paid rent but refuses to leave.

What is difference between eviction and ejectment?

During the eviction process, a landlord wants to force a tenant to leave the property. In an ejectment action, there is no landlord or tenant. There is also no lease, although the person being asked to leave the property has some rights to the property (either frivolous or legitimate).

What is a claim for ejectment?

Ejectment is a common law cause of action by a plaintiff who does not actually possess a piece of real property but has the right to possess it, against a defendant who is in actual possession of the property.