Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eviction \E*vic"tion\, n. [L. evictio: cf. F. ['e]viction.]
   1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted;
      the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's
      possession by due course of law; dispossession by
      paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.

   2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.]

            Full eviction of this fatal truth.    --South.

Source : WordNet®

eviction
     n 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 [syn: {constructive eviction}]
     2: the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the
        possession of land by process of law [syn: {dispossession},
         {legal ouster}]