remove, verb transitive

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EnglishShow more Special sense of general English remove (cf. removal).
resettle.
1913 Act 27 in Stat. of Union 442No native resident on any farm in the Transvaal or Natal shall be liable..to be removed from such farm..if he or the head of his family is registered for taxation or other purposes in the department of Native Affairs as being resident on such farm.
1945 Act 25 in Stat. of Union 114No location, native village or native hostel shall be removed..without the consent of the Minister.., and upon such terms as to compensation..as the Minister..may direct.
1968 Cole & Flaherty House of Bondage 41The Government..may expel him from the city, even if he was born there and has a home, job, and family there. Such a man is ‘removed’ to the tribal district of his forbears, even though he..has never lived in that district.
1983 A.C. Boraine in Hansard 18 May 7282From October 1980 to September 1981 62 White, 2583 Coloured and 1201 Indian families were removed.
1987 New Nation 10 Sept. 2The municipality..issued notices to residents threatening to remove them by force if they had not left the area by the end of this month.
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