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lessor of the plaintiff

lessor of the plaintiff. Hist. The true party in interest prosecuting an action for ejectment. • At common law, an ejectment action was theoretically only for the recovery of the unexpired term of the lease. Conventions of pleadings at the time required the true plaintiff to grant a fictitious lease, thereby becoming a lessor, to […]

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de ejectione firmae

glossary / DE EJECTIONE FIRMAE

de ejectione firmae (dee ee-jek-shee-oh-nee f[schwa]r-mee). [Latin “ejectment of farm”] Hist. A writ or action of trespass to obtain the return of lands or tenements to a lessee for a term of years that had been ousted by the lessor or by a reversioner, remainderman, or stranger. • The lessee was then entitled to a

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