DETINUE


Meaning of DETINUE in English

/det"n ooh', -yooh"/ , n. Law.

an old commonlaw form of action to recover possession of personal property wrongfully detained.

[ 1425-75; late ME detenu detenue, detinue detention, orig. fem. ptp. of detenir to DETAIN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .