Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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detinue
A common-law action to recover personal property wrongfully taken by another. Cf. REPLEVIN; TROVER."A claim in detinue lies at the suit of a person who has an immediate right to the possession of the goods against a person who is in actual possession of them, and who, upon proper demand, fails or refuses to deliver them up without lawful excuse. Detinu
detinue of goods in frankmarriage
Hist. A writ allowing a divorced wife to obtain the goods given to her during the marriage.
detinue sur bailment
[Law French] Hist. An action to recov-er property that the defendant acquired by bailment but refuses to return.
writ of detinue
A writ in an action for detinue. See DETINUE.