detinue in English
noun
1
a legal claim to recover wrongfully detained goods or possessions.
He is also being sued by the companies for trespass, conversion and detinue , and for monies had and received to the use of the companies.
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1. 19 However, the Act abolished detinue,[www.Sentencedict.com] which was wrongful retention of a chattel.