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Detained :: Detained (imp. & p. p.) of Detai.

Detinue :: Detinue (n.) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..

Detention :: Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

Replevin :: Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention..

Intransitive :: Intransitive (a.) Not passing farther; kept; detained.

Fugitive :: Fugitive (n.) Something hard to be caught or detained.

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