Detinue

Detinue in United Kingdom

Definition of Detinue

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Detinue :

An action to recover goods, based on a wrongful refusal by the possessor of the goods to restore them to the owner. The old common law form of action was abolished by the Judicature Acts 1873-75 and detinue was abolished altogether by the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977. Recovery of goods is now governed by the provisions of the 1977 Act.

Detinue and Medieval Law

Detinue and Legal History

Resources

See Also

  • Guilt (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Guilt (in this legal Encyclopedia)
  • Judicial Review (in this legal Encyclopedia)

Bibliographies of English Law History

  • Maxwell, William H. A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Volume 1: English Law to 1800. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1955-
  • Beale, Joseph H. A Bibliography of Early English Law Books. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926.
  • Winfield, Percy H. The Chief Sources of English Legal History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925.

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