DPage 194
- English Word Detain Definition To keep back or from; to withhold.
- English Word Detain Definition To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
- English Word Detain Definition To hold or keep in custody.
- English Word Detain Definition Detention.
- English Word Detainder Definition A writ. See Detinue.
- English Word Detained Definition of Detain
- English Word Detainer Definition One who detains.
- English Word Detainer Definition The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law.
- English Word Detainer Definition A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.
- English Word Detaining Definition of Detain
- English Word Detainment Definition Detention.
- English Word Detect Definition Detected.
- English Word Detect Definition To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
- English Word Detect Definition To inform against; to accuse.
- English Word Detectable Definition Alt. of Detectible
- English Word Detected Definition of Detect
- English Word Detecter Definition One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
- English Word Detectible Definition Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable.
- English Word Detecting Definition of Detect
- English Word Detection Definition The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.