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Debet detinet

Debet detinet. (He oweth and detaineth.) An action was in the debet

detinet [Medieval Latin, he/she withholds] : a common-law action alleging that

Detinet (he detains), an action of debt, which lay for the

Non detinet, a plea by way of traverse, which occurred in the

the goods that are the subject of the suit compare detinet

another species mentioned in the books, called debt in the detinet, which lay for the specific recovery of goods, under a

was lawfully obtained in the first instance (replevin in the detinet), (d) that the property shall be wrongfully detained by the