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Total eviction is when someone is legally forced to leave a place they were renting or living on. This means they lose all their rights to the property and have to leave completely. There are different types of eviction, such as constructive eviction where the landlord makes the place unlivable, or retaliatory eviction where the landlord tries to kick out the tenant for complaining. Total eviction is the most severe type of eviction and means the person has to leave the property entirely.
Definition: Total eviction is the act of legally dispossessing a person of their land or rental property, which completely deprives the tenant of any right in the premises.
Example: If a landlord evicts a tenant from their rental property and removes all of their belongings, changing the locks and preventing them from entering the property, it is considered a total eviction.
This example illustrates how a total eviction completely deprives the tenant of their right to the property. The tenant is no longer able to access the property or any of their belongings, and has no legal right to the property.