v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Detained p. pr. & vb. n. Detaining. ] [ F. détenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See Tenable. ] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. [ 1913 Webster ]
Detain not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Judges xiii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Law) (a) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law. (b) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody. [ 1913 Webster ]
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