constructive eviction

Definitions of constructive eviction
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: eviction
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    type of:
    coercion, compulsion
    using force to cause something to occur
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