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. |