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# Ejectment Action

## Definition

A legal remedy developed in England that allows tenants to recover not just damages but actual possession of leased land when wrongfully ousted, providing security of tenure that encourages agricultural improvement and investment.

## Source Chapter

Book III, Chapter 2

## Context

Smith traces the development of this legal innovation as part of England's superior treatment of tenant farmers, contrasting it with continental Europe where tenants could be legally evicted at lease expiration and arguing it contributed significantly to England's agricultural advancement and overall economic superiority.

## Economic Domain

Regulation

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