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What does trover mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) Taking possession of personal property which has been found.
  2. (law) A legal action brought to recover such property by its original owner.
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Some older, and largely obsolete, property law concepts include detinue, replevin, and trover.
The plaintiffs brought an action against the defendants in trover in respect of indigo warrants.
Winthrop was moved as he listened, and trover had to wipe his eyes.
Second, he claims a right to possession under the property law principles of trover and conversion.
It was then, for the first time, I learned that trover knew the whole story, and who I was.
The use of the action of trover gradually supplants the action of detinue, which involves compurgation.

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