Definitions for detainers

detainers de·tain·er

Spelling: [dih-tey-ner]
IPA: /dɪˈteɪ nər/

Detainers is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 831 anagrams from letters in detainers (adeeinrst).

Definitions for detainers

noun

  1. a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
  2. the wrongful detaining or withholding of what belongs to another.

Origin of detainers

1610-20; Anglo-French detener (noun use of infinitive), variant of Old French detenir; see detain

Examples for detainers

If undue force is used, the landlord would be liable to an action for forcible entry and detainer.

A complaint must be made and the cause of detainer submitted to a judge before the writ can go.

The first words in his argument were: "It is incumbent on me to justify the detainer of the negro."

They also have original jurisdiction in forcible entry and detainer proceedings.

These suits usually took the shape of trespass and forcible entry and detainer.

It also helps if your party opponent is seriously flawed (as Joe Miller, detainer of pesky journalists, proved himself to be).

What a daily loss this detainer must have been to the proprietors!

As for the detainer against me, I was obliged to go through the court for the relief of insolvent debtors.

A resolution highly commended by a lawyer then in the yard, who declared Mr Tow-wouse might justify the detainer.

A detainer signifies a writ, by means of which a prisoner, once arrested, may be detained at the suit of any other creditor.

Word Value for detainers
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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