KJV Dictionary Definition: detained

detained

DETAINED, pp. Withheld; kept back; prevented from going or coming; held; restrained.

detainer

DETAINER, n.

1. One who withholds what belongs to another; one who detains, stops or prevents from going.

2. In law, a holding or keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is anothers, though the original taking may be lawful.

detaining

DETAINING, ppr. Withholding what belongs to another; holding back; restraining from going or coming; holding in custody.

detainment

DETAINMENT, n. The act of detaining; detention.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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