Ouster \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used
   substantively. See Oust.]
   A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; -- of
   a person.
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         Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement,
         intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement.
                                                  --Blackstone.
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   2. Expulsion; ejection; as, his misbehavior caused his ouster
      from the party; -- of a person, from a place or group.
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   Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.]
      (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian,
      or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that
      purpose. --Blackstone.
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OUSTER LE MAIN. In law-French, this signifies, to take out of the hand. In 
the old English law it signified a livery of lands out of the hands of the 
lord, after the tenant came of age. If the lord refused to deliver such 
lands, the tenant was entitled to a writ to recover the same from the lord; 
this recovery out of the hands of the lord was called ouster le main.