wrongful appropriation
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appropriation for a wrongful use — index misappropriation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
appropriation — The act of appropriating or setting apart; prescribing the destination of a thing; designating the use or application of a fund. McKenzie Const. Co. v. City of San Antonio, Tex.Civ.App., 50 S.W.2d 349, 352. In tort law, the act of making a thing… … Black's law dictionary
appropriation — The act of appropriating or setting apart; prescribing the destination of a thing; designating the use or application of a fund. McKenzie Const. Co. v. City of San Antonio, Tex.Civ.App., 50 S.W.2d 349, 352. In tort law, the act of making a thing… … Black's law dictionary
wrongful abstraction — An unauthorized and illegal taking or withholding of funds or securities from the possession and control of one s employer and the appropriation of such funds or securities to the benefit of the taker or to the benefit of another. 50 Am J1st… … Ballentine's law dictionary
trover — tro·ver / trō vər/ n [short for action of trover and conversion; Anglo French trover act of finding (alluding to goods lost by the plaintiff and found by the defendant), from trover to find, from Old French]: an action at common law to recover… … Law dictionary
embezzlement — I noun appropriation, breach of trust, cheating, defalcation, fraud, fraudulent appropriation, fraudulent appropriation of money, fraudulent conversion, larceny, malversation, misappropriation, peculation, pilfering, purloining, stealing, swindle … Law dictionary
Personality rights — are generally considered to consist of two types of rights: the right to publicity, or to keep one s image and likeness from being commercially exploited without permission or contractual compensation, which is similar to the use of a trademark;… … Wikipedia
larceny — lar·ce·ny / lär sə nē/ n pl nies [modification of Anglo French larcine theft, from Old French larrecin, from Latin latrocinium robbery, from latron latro mercenary soldier, brigand]: the unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property with … Law dictionary
trover — /trowvar/ In common law practice, the action of trover (or trover and conversion) is a species of action on the case, and originally lay for the recovery of damages against a person who had found another s goods and wrongfully converted them to… … Black's law dictionary
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