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Troves vs Trover - What's the difference?

troves | trover |

As nouns the difference between troves and trover

is that troves is plural of trove while trover is taking possession of personal property which has been found.

troves

English

Noun

(head)

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    trover

    English

    (wikipedia trover)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (legal) Taking possession of personal property which has been found.
  • (legal) A legal action brought to recover such property by its original owner.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 431:
    • The pocket-book was a late present from Mrs Western [...]. A prudent person [...] would not have offered more than a shilling, or perhaps sixpence, for it; nay, some perhaps would have given nothing, and left the fellow to his action of trover , which some learned serjeants may doubt whether he could, under these circumstances, have maintained.

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