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Examples of trover in a Sentence
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Word History
Anglo-French, finding, trover, from trover to find
1594, in the meaning defined above
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“Trover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trover. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
Legal Definition
short for action of trover and conversion; Anglo-French trover act of finding (alluding to goods lost by the plaintiff and found by the defendant), from trover to find, from Old French
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