detinue

  • 101trover — /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

  • 102writ — A written judicial order to perform a specified act, or giving authority to have it done, as in a writ of mandamus or certiorari, or as in an original writ for instituting an action at common law. A written court order or a judicial process,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 103non detinet — A plea of the general issue in an action of detinue …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 104judicial writ — noun (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer • Syn: ↑writ • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legal document, ↑legal instrument, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 105common form — noun 1. Scholasticism : a form belonging to a species 2. : the form of probate of a will where the will is not contested and is proved by the executor s own oath 3. : one of the forms of pleading used in the common law actions (as assumpsit,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 106form of action — one of the personal actions formerly brought at common law (as assumpsit, detinue, replevin) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 107non detinet — (ˈ)nän|detənˌet noun (plural non detinets) Etymology: Latin, he does not detain : the general issue in an action of detinue putting in issue only the question of detainer …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 108detenewe — obs. form of detinue …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 109detunow — detunow, nue obs. ff. detinue …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 110detynu — detynu(e obs. form of detinue …

    Useful english dictionary