See also:

• DETINUE (O. Fr. detenue, from detente, to hold back)

DETINUE (O. Fr. detenue, from detente, to hold back)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, an See also:

• ACTION

action whereby one who has an See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute or a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• PROPERTY

property in goods seeks to recover from another who is in actual See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession and refuses to redeliver them . If the See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff succeeds in an action of See also:

• DETINUE (O. Fr. detenue, from detente, to hold back)

detinue, the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment is that he recover the See also:

• CHATTEL (for derivation see CATTLE)

chattel or, if it cannot be had, its value, which is assessed by the See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge and See also:

• JURY

jury, and also certain See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages for detaining the same . An See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for the restitution of the specific goods may be enforced by a special See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ of See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, called a writ of delivery .