| 单词 | trover and conversion |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrover and conversion 7. Law. The action of (illegally) converting or applying something to one's own use. Usually in trover and conversion. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal use of another's property misconverting1601 conversion1615 superintromission1670 vicious intromission1678 vicious intromission1773 1615 Coke in E. Bulstrode Rep. (1657) ii. 311–2 There may be a trover and no conversion, if he keep and lay up the goods, by him found, for the Owner. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 195 Fraudulent conversion of Treasure trove. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit vii. 13 He talk'd of nothing but..Writs of Error, Actions of Trover and Conversion. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 151–2 This action, of trover and conversion, was in it's original an action..against such person as had found another's goods, and refused to deliver them on demand, but converted them to his own use. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1267 A person is guilty of a conversion who takes the property of one person by assignment from another, who has not any authority to dispose of it. trover and conversion Originally the action was brought for damages against one who had found and refused to give up the goods of the plaintiff on demand; this refusal constituted ‘conversion’ (conversion n. 7); hence the action was called trover and conversion. Later, the finding became a legal fiction, and it was only necessary to prove the ownership and detention of the goods.extracted from trovern.< as lemmas |
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