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• TROVER (0. Fr. trover, to find, mod. trouver)

TROVER (0. Fr. trover, to find, mod. trouver)  , or " See also:

• TROVER (0. Fr. trover, to find, mod. trouver)

trover and See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion," the name of a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• ACTION

action in See also:

• ENGLISH

English 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 no longer in use, corresponding to the See also:

• MODERN

modern action of conversion . It was brought for See also:

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

damages for the detention of a See also:

• CHATTEL (for derivation see CATTLE)

chattel, and differed from See also:

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

detinue in that the latter was brought for the return of the chattel itself . The name trover is due to the action having been based on the fictitious averment in the See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff's See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration that he had lost the goods and that the See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant had found them . The See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for this fictitious averment was taken away by the See also:

• COMMON

Common Law See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

Procedure See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1852 . An action of trover See also:

• LAY

lay (as an action of conversion still lies) in every See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case where the defendant was in See also:

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

possession of a chattel of the plaintiff and refused to deliver it up on See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request, such refusal being prima facie See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of conversion . The damages recoverable are usually the value of the chattel converted . In an action for detention of a chattel (the representative of the old action of detinue), the plaintiff may have See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and See also:

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

execution by See also:

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

writ of delivery for the chattel itself or for its value at his See also:

• OPTION (Lat. optio, choice, choosing, optare, to choose)

option . An action for conversion or detention must be brought within six years . The corresponding action in Scots law is the action of spuilzie . It must be brought within three years in 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 to entitle the pursuer to violent profits, otherwise it prescribes in See also:

• FORTY

forty years .