casual ejector

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casual ejector - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CASUAL EJECTOR, practice, ejectment. A person, supposed to come upon land  
  casually, (although usually by previous agreement,) who turns out the lessee 
  of the person claiming the possession against the actual tenant or occupier 
  of the land. 3 Bl. Com. 201, 202. 
       2. Originally, in order to try the right by ejectment, Several things 
  were necessary to be made out before the court first, a title to the land, 
  in question, upon which the owner was to make a formal entry; and being so 
  in possession he executed a lease to some third person or lessee, leaving 
  him in possession then the prior tenant or some other person, called the 
  casual ejector, either by accident or by agreement beforehand, came upon the 
  land and turned him out, and for this ouster or turning out, the action was 
  brought. But these formalities are now dispensed with, and the trial relates 
  merely to the title, the defendant being bound to acknowledge the lease, 
  entry, and ouster. 3 Bl. Com. 202;.Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.