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Detainer

1. The action of detaining, withholding, or keeping something in one's custody.

entry and detainer, and libel on a private person. petty offense

A minor or insignificant crime. "[Me find ... an apparent implication that a 'petty offense' is not a 'crime.' Much could be said for such a position but it is not the law at the present time. In the federal penal code, for example, it is provided that any misdemeanor 'the penalty for which does not exceed imprisonment for a period of six months or a fine of not more than $500, or both, is a petty offense."' Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 22 (3d ed. 1982) (quoting 18 USCA § 1(3)). political offense. See POLITICAL OFFENSE.

forcible detainer

See FORCIBLE DETAINER.

forcible entry and detainer

1. The act of violently taking and keeping possession of lands and tenements without legal authority. "To walk across another's land, or to enter his building, without privilege, is a trespass, but this in itself, while a civil wrong, is not a crime. However, if an entry upon real estate is accomplished by violence or intimidation, or if such methods are employed for detention after a peaceable entry, there is a crime according to English law, known as forcible entry and detainer. This was a common-law offense in England, although supplemented by English statutes that are old enough to be common law in this country .... It has sometimes been said that there are two separate offenses - (1) forcible entry and (2) forcible detainer. This may be true under the peculiar wording of some particular statute, but in general it seems to be one offense which may be committed in two different ways." Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 487--88 (3d ed. 1982). 2. A quick and simple legal proceeding for regaining possession of real property from someone who has wrongfully taken, or refused to surrender, possession. - Also termed forcible detainer. See EVICTION; EJECTIMENT.

unlawful detainer

The unjustifiable retention of the possession of real property by one whose original entry was lawful, as when a tenant holds over after lease termination despite the landlord's demand for possession. 2. The confinement of a person in custody. 3. A writ authorizing a prison official to continue holding a prisoner in custody.

unlawful-detainer proceeding

An action to return a wrongfully held tenancy (as one held by a tenant after the lease has expired) to its owner. See unlawful detainer under DETAINER.