Detinere.L
Defined in 1 dictionary — Anderson (1889)
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
To hold, keep back, detain. Detinet. He withholds. Detinuit. He withheld (has withheld). Non detinet. He does not withhold. Technical words formerly used in actions of replevin to describe the claim, and the denial, that the property was illegally detained. See Detinue; Replevin. Compare Debet, Et detinet; Capere, Cepit.