■ noun Law common-law action to recover the value of personal property that has been wrongfully disposed of by another person.
Origin
C16: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. noun use of OFr. ~ 'to find'.
■ noun Law common-law action to recover the value of personal property that has been wrongfully disposed of by another person.
Origin
C16: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. noun use of OFr. ~ 'to find'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004