OUSTER LE MAIN

ouster le main (ow-st<<schwa>>r l<<schwa>> mayn). [Law French “remove the hand”] Hist.

1.A delivery of land out of the monarch’s hands because the monarch has no right or title to hold it. 2. A judgment or writ granting such a delivery. 3. A delivery of land from a guardian to a ward once the ward attains legal age. — Also written ouster-le-main.

[Blacks Law 8th]