etc.-Dispossession. The act of ousting or removing one from the possession of property previously held by him, which may be tortious and unlawful, as in the case of a forcible amotion or in pursuance of law, as where a landlord “‘dispossesses” his tenant at the expiration of

- “Possession” is used in some of the books in the sense of property. “A possession is an hereditament or chattel.” Finch, Law, b. 2, c. 3. .

SCRAWL. <A word used in some of the United States for scrowl or scroll. “The word ‘seal,’ written in a scrawl attached to the name of an obligor, makes the instrument a specialty.”” Comerford v. Cobb, 2 Fla. 418.