Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A common-law action to recover damages for property illegally withheld or wrongfully converted to use by another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Properly, the finding of anything; specifically, in law:
- noun the gaining possession of personal property, whether by finding or otherwise
- noun a common-law action for damages for the wrongful taking or detention of goods from the possession of another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means.
- noun An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the
finding , though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in theconversion .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law Taking possession of personal property which has been
found . - noun law A legal
action brought to recover such property by its original owner.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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There is a veritable treasure trover here, from her securing earmarks for Wasilla to the tune of $30mil, her Troopergate lawyering-up, her one time support for Sen. Stevens, the Bridge to Nowhere, and on and on.
Associated Press To The Rescue! Palin Was Thoroughly Vetted, After All! 2009
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Note 134: Régime, p. 76: "Vous deves regarder le femme qu'ele soit samblans a le mere tant com ele puet plus, et k'ele ait boinne couleur meslee de rouge en blanc, … et soit sainne tant c'on porra plus trover, car les maladives norrices tuent ains droite eure les enfans." back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Then again, my civil pro professor spent a month on the common law causes of action, and I doubt I could explain trover at this point.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Should We Teach Law Students the Rule Against Perpetuities? 2007
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Anyway, the lucky lawyer will want to start his memo with a thorough discussion of the law of trover.
You Know Your Supervisor Hates You If You're The Lawyer Who Gets This Assignment 2006
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Anyway, the lucky lawyer will want to start his memo with a thorough discussion of the law of trover.
Archive 2006-10-01 2006
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If Frank became tenant in tail, in right of his wife, but under his father, would he be able to grant leases for more than twenty-one years? and, if so, to whom would the right of trover belong?
Doctor Thorne 2004
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Does not the law recognise it under the definition of trover?
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Some fifty years ago there was a curious case of whale-trover litigated in England, wherein the plaintiffs set forth that after a hard chase of a whale in the Northern seas; and when indeed they
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Even the possibilities of a rich trover would not compensate for having rats running about one's bed at night.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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The number of works hitherto undescribed that has been brought to light during the last sixty years must be considerable; and one still hears every now and then of some rich trover that has been unearthed.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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