detainer

detainer
noun
  1. [mass noun](Law)the action of detaining or withholding property
    (律)扣留财产;拒交财产
    ■the detention of a person in custody
    (对在押候审者的)拘留
    ■an order authorizing the continued detention of a person in custody
    继续拘留状
  2. (chiefly Law)a person who detains someone or something
    (主律)拘留者;扣押者
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French detener 'detain' (used as a noun), variant of Old French detenir (see detain)
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