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Detainment :: Detainment (n.) Detention.

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..

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing..

Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.

Habeas Corpus :: Habeas corpus () A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial..

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..

Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention..

Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Detain :: Detain (n.) Detention.

Clear :: Clear (superl.) Free from embarrassment; detention, etc..

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

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

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