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The landlord's way of saying the relationship is over, with paperwork.
means The formal, legal process of forcing a tenant out of a property.
from From Latin evictio, built on evincere — 'to conquer completely' or 'win a legal claim,' from ex- ('out') plus vincere ('to conquer'). It started life in Roman law meaning to recover property through a lawsuit — literally to defeat someone's claim to it — and narrowed over centuries into the specific act of legally expelling someone from a place.
- legal timeline
- Usually requires written notice before any court filing
- self-help illegal
- Landlords cannot change locks or remove doors themselves
- record sticks around
- Filing alone can haunt rental applications for years
- most common cause
- Nonpayment of rent, not bad behavior, drives most cases