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Detained :: Detained (imp. & p. p.) of Detai.

Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer..

Intransitive :: Intransitive (a.) Not passing farther; kept; detained.

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..

Fugitive :: Fugitive (n.) Something hard to be caught or detained.

Detainment :: Detainment (n.) Detention.

Disherit :: Disherit (v. t.) To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance..

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.

Embargo :: Embargo (v. t.) To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods..

Sundial :: Sundew (n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort..

Detain :: Detain (n.) Detention.

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) One who detains.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

Detinue :: Detinue (n.) A person or thing detaine.

Overlinger :: Overlinger (v. t.) To cause to linger; to detain too long.

Detainder :: Detainder (n.) A writ. See Detinue.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.

Replevin :: Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention..

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