Debet Detinet
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Debet detinet. (He oweth and detaineth.) An action was in the debet et detinet when he who made a contract, or lent money to another, or he to whom a bond was made, sued for personal redress. But if it was brought by or against an executor for a debt due to or from the testator, this, not being his own debt, was sued for in the detinel only.
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