Detainer
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
1.
The keeping of a person against his will, or withholding property or land from another.
2.
A process for the commencement of an action against a person already in custody.