Detainment - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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