detention
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Definitions from Case Law
From 552 U.S. 214 - Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 2008Most cited · 662 citing opinions
claims resulting from negligent handling or storage).
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The act of retaining and preventing the removal of a person or property. See "Detainer."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Holding one in custody.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The act of keeping back or withholding, either accidentally or by design, a person or thing. See Detainer.
—Detention in a reformatory, as a punishment or measure of prevention, is where a juvenile offender la sentenced to be sent to a reformatory school, to be there detained for a certain period of time. 1 Russ. Crimes, 82.
—Detention in a reformatory, as a punishment or measure of prevention, is where a juvenile offender la sentenced to be sent to a reformatory school, to be there detained for a certain period of time. 1 Russ. Crimes, 82.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The act of keeping back or withholding, either accidentally or by design, a person or thing. See DETAINER. DETENTION IN A REFORMA-
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Detainer; Imprisonment; Replevin.