Crossword-Solution: DETAINER 8 letters, 8 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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Word Word Type Definition
Detainer n. One who detains.
Detainer n. 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.
Detainer n. A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to
keep a person in custody.

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DETAINER anagram DAINTREE, EARNEDIT, NADERITE, RETAINED

We have 8 clues for the answer “DETAINER”

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Writ for continued custody. 1 answer
Writ for holding a prisoner. 1 answer
Writ sought by a warden 1 answer
wrongful withholding of the property of another person 1 answer
Legal writ 9 answers
Warrant officer 38 answers
writ 57 answers
Warrant 70 answers
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with DETAINER (5)

The poor thing couldn’t bear that; she grew white and red in rapid succession, and, while tears beaded her lashes, bent the strength of her small fingers to loosen the firm clutch of Catherine; and perceiving that as fast as she raised one finger off her arm another closed down, and she could not remove the whole together, she began to make use of her nails; and their sharpness presently ornamented the detainer’s with crescents of red.
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë 1996
How Waterloo breaking away from his detainer was close upon the Cove’s heels, attended by no end of people, who, seeing him running with the blood streaming down his face, thought something worse was ‘up,’ and roared Fire! and Murder! on the hopeful chance of the matter in hand being one or both.
Reprinted Pieces Charles Dickens 2014
Nobody else went to the expense of lodging a detainer, trusting to our holding him fast enough, I warrant you.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 2006
There were no patent fastenings that could keep him out,--no writ of unlawful detainer that could eject him.
Urban Sketches Bret Harte 2006
And according to the d---d laws of this forever d---d country, nothing but the District Court (and there ain't any) can touch the matter, unless it assumes the shape of an infernal humbug which they call “forcible entry and detainer,” and in order to bring that about, you must compel the jumpers to use personal violence toward you! We went up and demanded possession, and they refused.
The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 1, 1853-1866 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 2016

Quotes with DETAINER (1)

If it appears from the face of the [unlawful detainer] complaint that the plaintiff is an improper plaintiff, a demurer will lie. If it is not apparent from the face of the complaint, the issue must generally be raised as an affirmative defense in the answer. The fact that a plaintiff is not a proper plaintiff would appear on the face of the complaint, for example, when• The complaint states that the landlord has sold the property; or• The name of the plaintiff is not the sam…
Myron Moskovitz California Eviction Defense Manual
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Appears in: NYT.

Used 3 times in crossword archives (1956–1980).