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trover definition

tro·ver (trō′vər)

noun

  1. Obsolete an action against a person who found another's goods and refused to return them
  2. an action to recover damages for goods withheld or used by another illegally

Etymology: substantive use of OFr trover, to find: see trouvère

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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