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det·i·nue /'det-ən-ˌü, -ˌyü/ n [Anglo-French detenue, from feminine past participle of detenir to detain see detainer]: a common-law action for the recovery of personal property belonging to the plaintiff that is wrongfully detained by the defendant compare trover
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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a form of action in tort, now defunct, that allowed a bailor (See bailment) to sue a bailee or a person entitled to possess a thing to sue a person in actual possession of it, giving the plaintiff the right to recover the thing or, in the event of a failure, to be able to return it through lack of care by the defendant, its value. The same right of action now exists as a form of conversion, which is itself a form of
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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n. At common law, an action to recover personal property wrongly held by another.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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One of the old common-law forms of action used to recover personal property from a person who refuses to give it up. Also used to collect money damages for losses caused by the wrongful detention.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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One of the old common-law forms of action used to recover personal property from a person who refuses to give it up. Also used to collect money damages for losses caused by the wrongful detention.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
