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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ouster \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; -- of a person. [1913 Webster] Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. Expulsion; ejection; as, his misbehavior caused his ouster from the party; -- of a person, from a place or group. [PJC] Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (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. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

OUSTER LE MAIN. In law-French, this signifies, to take out of the hand. In the old English law it signified a livery of lands out of the hands of the lord, after the tenant came of age. If the lord refused to deliver such lands, the tenant was entitled to a writ to recover the same from the lord; this recovery out of the hands of the lord was called ouster le main.