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conversion definition - legal

n

In criminal and tort law, the intentional deprivation of another of the benefit and use of his property, without his authorization or lawful justification, by possessing or disposing of the property as if it were oneÂ’s own or by an act (such as damaging or destroying it) that interferes with or is inconsistent with the ownerÂ’s right to sue and possess the property.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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