trover

American  

[troh-ver] / ˈtroʊ vər /

noun

Law.

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

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trover British  

/ ˈtrəʊvə /

noun

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

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

So if the end of the world has happened, you have a trover of information to help you rebuild a post-apocalyptic society.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2022

Lay thou the blind thing down With saurian tusk and bone, With dust of sworded maw And peril's fossil claw, Lest sexton Earth even Man inter, nor trover Of after-law untomb for Love her Lover!

From Path Flower and Other Verses by Dargan, Olive Tilford

Cross may stand, if on any, it cannot for a moment be admitted that borrowers in general have not trespass and trover.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

I would have you in trover; in detinue; I would send your loving friend Richard Roe to you.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

Does not the law recognise it under the definition of trover?

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)