Primary tabs. Ejectment is a common law cause of action by a plaintiff who does not actually possess a piece of real property but has the right to possess it, against a defendant who is in actual possession of the property.

What is difference between eviction and ejectment?

During the eviction process, a landlord wants to force a tenant to leave the property. In an ejectment action, there is no landlord or tenant. There is also no lease, although the person being asked to leave the property has some rights to the property (either frivolous or legitimate).

What are the elements of ejectment?

There the plaintiff alleged the essential elements of a cause of action in ejectment, namely, ownership disclosing a right to possession, the defendant's possession and a withholding thereof from the plaintiff.