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Definition of Detaining
1. detain [v] - See also: detain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detaining
Literary usage of Detaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1872)
"Under the provisions of the Code, as under the former practice, the defendant
may be arrested for injuring, or for wrongfully taking, detaining or ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"This day the commons read a 3d time and past the bill for detaining some and ...
time tis expected the act will passe for detaining them longer in prison. ..."
3. Wrongs and Their Remedies: A Treatise on the Law of Torts by Charles Greenstreet Addison, Francis Stafford Pipe Wolferstan, James M. Dudley, Edwin Baylies (1876)
"OP ACTIONS FOR TH£ NEGLIGENT MANAGEMENT, NEGLIGENT KEEPING, AND UNLAWFUL detaining
OF GOODS AND CHATTELS. 631 Parties to be made plaintiffs. ..."
4. Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1890)
"Action for Taking or detaining Animal.—The corner of an animal has a right of
action against one who wrongfully takes it into his possession or detains it ..."
5. The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D., Late One of the by James Wilson, Bird Wilson (1804)
"A NOW proceed to the different steps which the law prescribes for apprehending,
detaining, trying, and punishing criminals. A warrant is the first step ..."
6. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1914)
"Joseph Armitage, assignee of Samuell Bennett v. Mr. John Beax & Co. Verdict for
defendant-f Mr. Anthony Crosbie v. John Tod. For detaining ..."
7. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"The 4-inch gate and the siphon are in this man-hole, the bottom of which is one
foot lower than the lowest joint inside the detaining tank, ..."
8. Code of Law, Practice and Forms for Justices' and Other Inferior Courts in by Curtis Hillyer (1912)
"In actions for damages for injury to the person, or for taking, detaining or
injuring personal property, or for injury to real property where no issue is ..."