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detainer
[ dih-tey-ner ]
noun
- a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- the wrongful detaining or withholding of what belongs to another.
detainer
/ dɪˈteɪnə /
noun
- the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- the detention of a person in custody
- a writ authorizing the further detention of a person already in custody
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- prede·tainer noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of detainer1
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Example Sentences
San Diego Judge Robert Longstreth ruled in that separate unlawful detainer lawsuit earlier this month that HUD can evict the people living on the property as they are not paying a mortgage or rent, and they have no legal right to be there.
Lisa Halverstadt broke the news that lenders who facilitated the city’s downtown lease filed an unlawful detainer action on Tuesday, creating uncertainty for more than a dozen city departments and about 850 employees who work in the high rise.
Still, she expected the city will find ways to drag out its eviction case, including perhaps proposing to consolidate the unlawful detainer case with its recently filed legal actions.
Even with the moratoriums in place, some evictions – or unlawful detainers – have been filed in court and could be an indication of the evictions on the horizon once the bans are lifted.
Immigration detainers are commonly used by immigration enforcement officials when someone without immigration status is in the custody of another law enforcement agency, like a county sheriff.
It also helps if your party opponent is seriously flawed (as Joe Miller, detainer of pesky journalists, proved himself to be).
As for the detainer against me, I was obliged to go through the court for the relief of insolvent debtors.
The first words in his argument were: "It is incumbent on me to justify the detainer of the negro."
A resolution highly commended by a lawyer then in the yard, who declared Mr Tow-wouse might justify the detainer.
Peter lodged a detainer against the change, as he wanted his hair cut and a box of vegetable pills—so he said.
His first words were: 'It is incumbent on me to justify Captain Knowles's detainer of the negro.'
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