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Definition of Writ of detinue

Writ of detinue
Detinue Det"i*nue (?; 277), n. [OF. detinu, detenu, p. p. of detenir to detain. See Detain.] A person or thing detained; (Law) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained. Writ of detinue (Law), one that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or chattels delivered to him, or in possession, to recover the thing itself, or its value and damages, from the detainer. It is now in a great measure superseded by other remedies.

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- In tort law, detinue (/ˈdɛtɪˌnjuː/) is an action to recover for the wrongful taking of personal property. It is initiated by an individual who claims...
- to deliver them. Old Nat Brev, fol 66. Reg Orig, fol 159. It was a writ of detinue of charters. It had fallen into disuse by 1816 and was obsolete by 1843...
- (See further detinue) Certiorari Cessavit Com**** Contra formam feoffamenti Contributione facienda Coram nobis Cui ante divortium is a writ that a woman...
- taking of goods, with a remedy in damages. In the case of unjust detention: Replevin lay to recover goods still held after a tender of amends. Detinue lay...
- to detinue lay in the unwillingness of the judges before 1585 to uphold an action on a new writ where a remedy already existed, such as in detinue. In...
- within a form of action. In the 13th and 14th centuries the forms of action for the enforcement of agreements were covenant, debt, detinue, and account...
- tresp****, debt and detinue, he would have a writ issued for tresp****. B would be arrested as a result, and the covenant, detinue and debt actions undertaken...
- process) is any formal notice or writ by a court obtaining jurisdiction over a person or property. Common forms of process include a summons, subpoena...
- would purchase a writ in Chancery (or file a bill) which would set in motion a series of events eventually leading to a trial in one of the medieval common...
- of equity. It originally applied to bailees subject to multiple actions of detinue, and privity was required either between the parties or in detinue...