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WRIT OF DETINUE Definition & Legal Meaning

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A writ which lies where a party claims the specific recovery ofgoods and chattels, or deeds and writings, detained from him. This is seldom used;trover is the more frequent remedy, In cases where it may be brought. Bouvier.

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