Usually means: Recovery of wrongfully withheld property.
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  1. detinue: Merriam-Webster
  2. detinue: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detinue: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. detinue: Collins English Dictionary
  5. detinue: Wordnik
  6. detinue: Wiktionary
  7. detinue: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. detinue: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. detinue: Dictionary.com
  10. Detinue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Detinue: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. detinue: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Detinue: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. detinue: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. detinue: FreeDictionary.org
  16. detinue: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. detinue: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. detinue: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. detinue: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Detinue: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (detinue)

▸ noun:  A person or thing detained; a detainee.
▸ noun:  (law) A legal action to reclaim goods wrongfully detained.

Similar:
distrainee, distrainor, distrainment, detacher, deterrer, detrainment, desister, attainder, discontinuee, delayer, more...

Opposite:
replevin, recovery, repossession

Phrases:
writ of detinue, more...

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Similar:
distrainee, distrainor, distrainment, detacher, deterrer, detrainment, desister, attainder, discontinuee, delayer, more...

Opposite:
replevin, recovery, repossession

Phrases:
writ of detinue, more...



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