Definition of "trover" [tro•ver]

• A common-law action to recover damages for property illegally withheld or wrongfully converted to use by another. (noun)

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• "There is a veritable treasure trover here, from her securing earmarks for Wasilla to the tune of $30mil, her Troopergate lawyering-up, her one time support for Sen. Stevens, the Bridge to Nowhere, and on and on."
• "Note 134: Régime, p. 76: "Vous deves regarder le femme qu'ele soit samblans a le mere tant com ele puet plus, et k'ele ait boinne couleur meslee de rouge en blanc, … et soit sainne tant c'on porra plus trover, car les maladives norrices tuent ains droite eure les enfans." back"
• "Then again, my civil pro professor spent a month on the common law causes of action, and I doubt I could explain trover at this point."