detinuen.
/ˈdɛtᵻnjuː/, U.S. /ˈdɛtnˌ(j)u/ Law.
a. The act of detaining or withholding what is due (see detain v. 2); spec. unlawful detention of a personal chattel belonging to another. Obsolete except as in b.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal seizure or wrongful occupation > wrongful withholding
detention1552
detinue1570
forcible detainer1618
detainer1619
detainure1641
detainder1672
detaining1795
1570 tr. King Edward III Epistle in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 473/1 Philip de Valois..we haue gentely requested you..to that intent you shoulde haue rendered vnto vs our lawfull ryght and inheritaunce to the crowne of Fraunce, which from vs..you haue by great wronge and force deteyned... We well perceaue you meane to perseuere in the same your purpose and iniurious detinew.
1598 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions (1675) 148 Detinue of Goods may be sued.
1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 262 There are that will restore some, but not all..let the creditors be content with one of foure. But this little detinie is great iniquitie.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 46 [Citing Act 11 Rich. II c. i] Taking, leading away, or detinue of any horses or of any other beasts.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) He takes his Action of Detinue, to recover the Thing deatin'd, not the Damages sustain'd by the Detinue.
b. action of detinue n. an action at law to recover a personal chattel (or its value) wrongfully detained by the defendant. So writ of detinue.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs to claim or recover property
writ of aiela1325
replevin1465
action of detinue1467
formedon1495
writ of mesnec1523
livery?1530
post-disseisin1532
cape1588
writ of besaile1598
escheat1607
praecipe quod reddat1607
recaption1607
monstrance of right1651
writ of tresayle1772
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > other types of action
mort d'ancestora1325
trespass on the case1429
action of detinue1467
mortancestry1471
replevin1515
non-finding1525
nisi prius1533
faint action1542
interpleadera1558
improbationc1575
assize1577
assumpsit1586
transitory action1594
trover1594
suit of the King's peace1607
detinuea1626
quia timet1628
choke-baila1637
reprobator1672
spulyie1678
petitory action1681
proprium1695
restitution of conjugal rights1720
amicable suit1768
noxal action1774
real action1818
witness action1892
class suit1894
non-jury1897
foreclosure action1905
class action1910
derivative action1934
paternity suit1945
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 376 Acciouns of dette, trespass an detenewe.
1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 123 Every man maye sue for the same by accion of detinue.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 20 One of the parties may haue an action of dette for the money, and the other a writte of Detinue for the wares.
1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. (Routl.) 123/2 I'll bring my action of detinue or trover.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 151 If I lend a man a horse, and he afterwards refuses to restore it..the regular method for me to recover possession is by action of detinue.
1846 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors IV. cxxviii. 670 The remedy was at law by an action of trover or of detinue.
c. Also detinue = action or writ of detinue.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > other types of action
mort d'ancestora1325
trespass on the case1429
action of detinue1467
mortancestry1471
replevin1515
non-finding1525
nisi prius1533
faint action1542
interpleadera1558
improbationc1575
assize1577
assumpsit1586
transitory action1594
trover1594
suit of the King's peace1607
detinuea1626
quia timet1628
choke-baila1637
reprobator1672
spulyie1678
petitory action1681
proprium1695
restitution of conjugal rights1720
amicable suit1768
noxal action1774
real action1818
witness action1892
class suit1894
non-jury1897
foreclosure action1905
class action1910
derivative action1934
paternity suit1945
a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 23 In a detinue brought by a feme against the executors of her husband.
1803 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 21 The judgment in detinue is for the thing itself or its value.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. Comm. 650 Trover and Detinue, which were brought to recover movable property..were kinds of Trespass, that is of action on delict.
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