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DETINUE (O. Fr. detenue, from detente...

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 113 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DETINUE (O. Fr. detenue, from detente, to hold back)  , in See also:law, an See also:action whereby one who has an See also:absolute or a See also:special See also:property in goods seeks to recover from another who is in actual See also:possession and refuses to redeliver them . If the See also:plaintiff succeeds in an action of See also:detinue, the See also:judgment is that he recover the See also:chattel or, if it cannot be had, its value, which is assessed by the See also:judge and See also:jury, and also certain See also:damages for detaining the same . An See also:order for the restitution of the specific goods may be enforced by a special See also:writ of See also:execution, called a writ of delivery .

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