ouster le main

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /aʊstəɹ lə meɪn/, /-mæn/

Noun

ouster le main

1. (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.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     he had to pay half - a - year's profits as a fine for suing out his ouster le main , or livery

References

• “ouster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.