eviction

英[ɪ'vɪkʃ(ə)n] 美[ɪ'vɪkʃən]

1. action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved

2. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law