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| An action used when a defendant had unlawfully taken a chattel belonging to the plaintiff and then refused to return it If successful, defendant must return chattel or provide for its value. Started with bailments but expanded to chattels. |
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| An action used when a lord had unlawfully distrained chattels from a tenant. This required the sheriff to locate the chattels and return them to the plaintiff pending the hearing. However, the plaintiff was required to give bond during this time in case the judgment should be for the defendant. |
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| Used to recover money required by a statute. |
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| Used for the recovery of damages due to the breach of a sealed contract. The only remedy available for unliquidated damages. |
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| Assault, battery, or false imprisonment. |
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| Trespass de bonis asportatis |
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| Theft or destruction of property in the plaintiff's possession or rightfully belonging to the plaintiff. |
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| Trespass quare clausum fregit |
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| Trespassing unlawfully on plaintiff's property. |
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| Negligence, slander, malicious prosecution, fraud and deceit, nuisance, |
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| Unlawful appropriation of plaintiff's property by defendant. Similar to detinue but required a jury trial. |
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| Action used against persons who had agreed to perform a job for the plaintiff but had done it so poorly as to cause a loss to the plaintiff. |
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| Used when a specific amount for a job was not agreed upon. Could be "quantum meruit" (as much as he deserved) or "quantum valebant" (as much as it was worth). Also quasi-contracts. |
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| Actions used to recover real property. |
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| Used to recover money owed from a court proceeding. |
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| Used to recover money from an unsealed contract. |
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| Used when someone directly infringes on another's legal rights. |
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| Used to recover a specific amount of money. |
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