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detinue
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[ˈdɛtɪnjuː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the crime of wrongful detention of goods or personal possessions (replaced in the UK by the tort of wrongful interference of goods)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French detenue, past participle (used as a noun) of detenir ‘detain’
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