detinue in the PONS Dictionary

detinue Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bring an action of detinue

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English
This argument represents the realization of a theory of contract in detinue.
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Detinue also replaced the more ancient action of res adiratae.
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Detinue requires an unequivocal and unconditional notice and/or demand as to the lawful rights of the lawful owner.
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Detinue is distinguished from common-law trover which is for the recovery of damages for the wrongful conversion of personal property.
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Just as forms of assumpsit replaced debt, so in the seventeenth century trover replaced detinue.
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Nor was there detinue, since there was no lawful detention.
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However, there are many instances where allegation of bailment was not necessary for an action in detinue.
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The defendant to a writ of debt or detinue might bring others with him who would swear that his denial of the claim was true.
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The question of what was the nature of the action of detinue remained open till the present time.
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A common way to escape all writs, even the writ of right, as well as debt and detinue was to claim sickness.
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