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Detentio

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. That condition of fact under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure, to the exclusion of all others. It forms the substance of possession in all its varieties. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 238.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I In old English law. Detention or detainment, as distinguished from, or in connection with, captio.

In the civil law. That condition of fact under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure, to the exclusion of all others.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In old English law. Detention or detainment, as distinguished from, or in connexion with captio, (taking.) Brctct, fol. 156 b. Detentor; a detainer. Id. ibid.

In the civil law. That condition of fact imder which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure, to the exclusion of all others. 1 Mackeld, Civ. Law, 236, § 229. It forms the substance of possession in all its varieties. Id. ibid.