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Bible Encyclopedias
Detainer
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from detain, Lat. detinere), in law, the act of keeping a person against his will, or the wrongful keeping of a person's goods, or other real or personal property. A writ of detainer was a form for the beginning of a personal action against a person already lodged with the walls of a prison; it was superseded by the Judgments Act 1838.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Detainer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/detainer.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Detainer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/detainer.html. 1910.
