possessory warrant

possessory warrant
A rare statutory remedy for the recovery of personal property that has been taken by fraud, violence, enticement, or seduction, or that has disappeared and is believed to be in the detention and control of the party complained against.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


possessory warrant
A rare statutory remedy for the recovery of personal property that has been taken by fraud, violence, enticement, or seduction, or that has disappeared and is believed to be in the detention and control of the party complained against.

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