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Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

Detent :: Detent (n.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking..

Clear :: Clear (superl.) Free from embarrassment; detention, etc..

Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc..

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..

Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..

Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing..

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) 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..

Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention..

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent..

Trigger :: Trigger (n.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece..

Detain :: Detain (n.) Detention.

Habeas Corpus :: Habeas corpus () A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial..

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Deadlatch :: Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key..

Detainment :: Detainment (n.) Detention.

Pedetentous :: Pedetentous (a.) Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.

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