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Common-law action to recover damages
Answer for the clue "Common-law action to recover damages ", 6 letters:
trover
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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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Usage examples of trover.
Cross may stand, if on any, it cannot for a moment be admitted that borrowers in general have not trespass and trover.