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tro·ver /'trō-vər/ n [short for action of trover and conversion; Anglo-French trover act of finding (alluding to goods lost by the plaintiff and found by the defendant), from trover to find, from Old French]: an action at common law to recover the value of chattels or goods wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use compare detinue
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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atonement, award, compensation, damages, fine, forfeiture, indemnification, indemnity, mulct, payment, penalty, quittance, recompense, recoupment, recovery, redress, reparation, requital, requitement, restitution, retrieval, retrievement, return, satisfaction, solatium
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recovery (repossession)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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an action on the case that became a distinct species of case requiring allegations that: (i) the plaintiff had possession of goods; (ii) that he lost them by accident; (iii) the defendant found them; and (iv) the defendant converted them to his own use.It was assumed that any dealing with the goods was a denial of the owner's title. detinue, another possibility, became unpopular for the procedural reason that the defendant was allowed to proceed by trial by wager of law. It is a form of wrongful interference with goods covered now by the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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One of the old common-law forms of action; a legal remedy for conversion, or the wrongful appropriation of the plaintiff's personal property.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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One of the old common-law forms of action; a legal remedy for conversion, or the wrongful appropriation of the plaintiff's personal property.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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Trover — is a form of lawsuit in common law countries for recovery of damages for wrongful taking of personal property. Trover belongs to a series of remedies for such wrongful taking, its distinctive feature being recovery only for the value of whatever… … Wikipedia
Trover — Tro ver (tr[=o] v[ e]r), n. [OF. trover, truver, to find, F. trouver; probably originally, to invent or compose (melodies), fr. (assumed) LL. tropare. See {Troubadour}, {Trope}, and cf. {Contrive}, {Reirieve}, {Trouveur}.] (Law) (a) The gaining… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trover — [trō′vər] n. [substantive use of OFr trover, to find: see TROUVÈRE] Law 1. Obs. an action against a person who found another s goods and refused to return them 2. an action to recover damages for goods withheld or used by another illegally … English World dictionary
trover — noun Etymology: Anglo French, finding, trover, from trover to find Date: 1594 a common law action to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted to another s own use … New Collegiate Dictionary
trover — /troh veuhr/, n. Law. an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use. [1585 95; < MF, OF: to find, prob. < VL *tropare to compose, invent, deriv. of L tropus TROPE; cf. CONTRIVE] … Universalium
trover — /trowvar/ In common law practice, the action of trover (or trover and conversion) is a species of action on the case, and originally lay for the recovery of damages against a person who had found another s goods and wrongfully converted them to… … Black's law dictionary
trover — 1. noun /ˈtɹəʊvə/ Taking possession of personal property which has been found; also a legal action brought to recover such property by their original owner. The pocket book was a late present from Mrs Western [...]. A prudent person [...] would… … Wiktionary
trover — noun Law common law action to recover the value of personal property that has been wrongfully disposed of by another person. Origin C16: from an Anglo Norman Fr. noun use of OFr. trover to find … English new terms dictionary
trover — /ˈtroʊvə/ (say trohvuh) noun Law a common law action to remedy the wrongful disposal of property by another. {Old French trover to find; from the legal fiction of the defendant s finding of the goods before converting them} … Australian English dictionary
trover — n. Law 1 finding and keeping personal property. 2 common law action to recover the value of personal property wrongfully taken etc. Etymology: OF trover find … Useful english dictionary