detinue
/dɪˈtɪnjuː/
noun
- A legal claim for the return of personal property that someone else is wrongfully keeping.
- The artist filed a detinue action to recover her stolen paintings.
- In a detinue case, the court can order the return of the item or payment for its value.
- He sued for detinue after his neighbor refused to give back his lawnmower.