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noun Law.
- a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- the wrongful detaining or withholding of what belongs to another.
noun law
- the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
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- the detention of a person in custody
- a writ authorizing the further detention of a person already in custody
“one who detains,” 1530s, agent noun from detain. As a legal term, “a detaining in one’s possession,” from 1610s, from Anglo-French detener, from Old French detenir (noun use of infinitive).