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Answer for the clue "Common-law action to recover damages ", 6 letters:
trover

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Trover \Tro"ver\ (tr[=o]"v[~e]r), n. [OF. trover, truver, to find, F. trouver; probably originally, to invent or compose (melodies), fr. (assumed) LL. tropare. See Troubadour , Trope , and cf. Contrive , Reirieve , Trouveur .] (Law) The gaining possession ...

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Trover is a form of lawsuit in common-law countries for recovery of damages for wrongful taking of personal property. Trover belongs to a series of remedies for such wrongful taking, its distinctive feature being recovery only for the value of whatever ...

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Cross may stand, if on any, it cannot for a moment be admitted that borrowers in general have not trespass and trover.