TROVER

Etymology

Noun

trover (countable and uncountable, plural trovers)

(legal) Taking possession of personal property which has been found.

(legal) A legal action brought to recover such property by its original owner.

Anagrams

• Trevor

Source: Wiktionary

Tro"ver, n. Etym: [OF. trover, truver, to find, F. trouver; probably originally, to invent or compose (melodies), fr. (assumed) LL. tropare. See Troubadour, Trope, and cf. Contrive, Reirieve, Trouveur.] (Law) (a) The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means. (b) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition