trover

[ troh-ver ]

nounLaw.

an action for the recovery of the value of personal property that another person wrongfully converted to their own use.

Origin of trover

First recorded in 1585–95; from Middle French, Old French: “to find,” probably from unattested Vulgar Latin tropāre “to compose, invent,” derivative of Latin tropus trope; cf. contrive

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How to use trover in a sentence

Strange and exceptional must his station in life be to whom the secret intelligences of Twist or trover could not apply.
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He had but finished these words when trover rushed into the room, his face pale as death, and his lips colorless.
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Was it that trover had read my secret thoughts, or had he merely chanced upon them by mere accident?
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trover had just tact enough for the occasion, and was most jocose wherever the point was a perilous one.
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That wretch trover almost made me laugh with his absurd display of grief.
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British Dictionary definitions for trover

trover

/ (ˈtrəʊvə) /

noun

law (formerly) the act of wrongfully assuming proprietary rights over personal goods or property belonging to another

Origin of trover

C16: from Old French, from trover to find; see trouvère, troubadour

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