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Detained

Detained, 'detained' includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention. (Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 16A, R. 1)

detainer

detainer [Anglo-French detenoure, from detenir to restrain, detain, from Old French, from Latin detinere] 1 : the act of

Detainer

Detainer, forcible. See FORCIBLE ENTRY. Unlawful. The wrongful keeping of a person's goods, although the original taking may have

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Detainer

One who detains

detain

detain 1 : to hold or keep in custody or possession [property wrongfully ed] [a juvenile ed in a

Detainment

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Detain

To keep back or from to withhold

May be detained

May be detained, According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Volume 1, page 531, the word 'detain' means 'to keep in

unlawful detainer

unlawful detainer 1 : the act of wrongfully remaining in possession of property (as after expiration of a lease) 2

Forcible detainer

Forcible detainer, refusing to restore another's goods, after sufficient amends tendered, the original taking having been lawful; for which injury

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