detinue


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
detinue /ˈdɛtɪnjuː/
noun Law the crime of wrongful detention of goods or personal possessions.
– origin ME: from OFr. detenue, past part. (used as n.) of detenir ‘detain’.
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