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Bailment
divided bailments thus:- (1) Depositum, or a naked bailment of goods, to be kept for the use of the bailor. A … not ownership of personal property (as goods) for a limited time or specified purpose (as transportation) such that the individual or
Public policy, opposed to public policy
particular government. It cannotes some matter which concern the public good and the public interest. The concept of what is for … the public good or the public interest has varied from time to time. As new concepts take the place of old,
Trover
person who had either an absolute or special property in goods, for recovering the value of such goods against another, who, … name) by the defendant, but it was in course of time allowed to be brought as above upon a fictitious allegation
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cause
for an action or state (as belief): as a : good cause in this entry [an appeal dismissed for ] b … 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain
Turnover
Turnover is defined to mean: 'the aggregate amount for which goods are bought or sold or supplied or distributed by a … goods or services sold or supplied during a period of time. The amount of money turned over or drawn in a
Unclaimed property
world except the owner of it (see title FINDER OF GOODS), but within what time, if any, he may convert it
Importer
Importer, in relation to any goods at any time between their importation and the time when
Wrongful detention and wrongful confinement
is based on a wrongful withholding or to the plaintiff's goods. It depends on the defendant being in possession of the … the plaintiff had demanded their return, he is, for such time as he so withholds them, guilty of wrongful detention. This
Larceny
there must be an unlawful taking, which implies that the goods must pass from the possession of a true owner (including … the owner by a person having animus furandi at the time, and he afterwards unlawfully appropriates the goods in pursuance of
Detinue
an action by a plaintiff who seeks to recover the goods in specie, or on failure thereof the value and also … property in the plaintiff, either absolute or special (at the time of action brought) in personal goods, which are capable of
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