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1. The act of keeping a person against his will, or of keeping goods or property. All illegal detainers of the person amount to false imprisonment, and may be remedied by habeas corpus. 2. 2. A detainer or detention of goods is either lawful or unlawful; when lawful, the party having possession of them cannot be deprived of it. The detention may be unlawful, although the … [Read more...] about DETAINER

In Spanish law. Espousals ; mutual promises of future marriage. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 6, c. 1, f 1. … [Read more...] about DESPOSORIO

This term is used in policies of marine insurance, in the clause relating to "arrests, restraints, and detainments." The last two words are construed as equivalents, each meaning the effect of superior force operating directly on the vessel. Schmidt v. Insurance Co., 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 262, 3 Am. Dec. 319; Bradlie v. Insurance Co., 12 Pet. 402, 9 L. Ed. 1123; Simpson v. Insurance … [Read more...] about DETAINMENT

This word, in its original and most simple acceptation, signifies master and supreme lord; it is synonymous with monarch ; hut taken in bad part as it is usually ' employed, it signifies a tyrant In some states, despot is the title given to the sovereign, as king is given in others. Enc. Lond.. Despotism. That abuse of government where the sovereign power is not divided, but … [Read more...] about DESPOT

A police officer who is given the duty to investigate a crime and apprehend the people responsible for its commission. … [Read more...] about DETECTIVE