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trover
[ troh-ver ]
noun
, Law.
- an action for the recovery of the value of personal property that another person wrongfully converted to their own use.
trover
/ ˈtrəʊvə /
noun
- law (formerly) the act of wrongfully assuming proprietary rights over personal goods or property belonging to another
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trover1
C16: from Old French, from trover to find; see trouvère , troubadour
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Example Sentences
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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