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DETINUIT Definition & Legal Meaning

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In pleading. An action of replevin is said to be in the detinuit when the plaintiff acquires possession of the propertyclaimed by means of the writ. The right to retain Is, of course, subject in such easeto the judgment of the court upon his title to the property claimed. Bull. N. P. 521.

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