Conversion

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

An unlawful exercise of dominion over, an intentional change in the nature or destruction of the chattel of another. See 24 Am. St. Rep. 795, note. Changing realty to personalty, or the reverse.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary