The keeping back or withholding of what is due or claimed.
| 单词 | θ174129 |
| 释义 | society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal seizure or wrongful occupation > wrongful withholding (8) detention1552 The keeping back or withholding of what is due or claimed. detinue1570 The act of detaining or withholding what is due (see detain, v. 2); spec. unlawful detention of a personal chattel belonging to another. Obsolete… forcible detainer1618 The action of detaining, withholding, or keeping in one's possession; spec. forcible detainer: see quot. 1769. detainer1619 The action of detaining, withholding, or keeping in one's possession; spec. The (wrongful) detaining of, or refusal to restore, goods taken from the… detainure1641 = detainer, n.2 (of which it may be a refashioning). detainder1672 = detainer, n.2 detaining1795 The action of detain, v.; detention, withholding, †seizure, etc. (Now usually gerundial.) Subcategories:— one who (1) |
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