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DETINUIT, practice. He detained.
2. Where an action of replevin is instituted for goods which the defendant had taken, but which he afterwards restored, it is said to be brought in the detinuit; in such case the judgment is, ...
Detinuit
Definition - Noun
[Medieval Latin, he/she withheld]
: an action for replevin where the plaintiff already has the goods that are the subject of the suit
compare detinet
Pronunciationde-'ti-nü-it, -nyü- ...
When the declaration is in the detinuit, that is, where the plaintiff declares, that the chattels 'were detained until replevied by the sheriff, ...
 See also: Attorn, State, Goods, Action, Information
  
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