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Webster 1913 Edition
Trover
Tro′ver
(trō′vẽr)
, Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Trover
TRO'VER
,Noun.
1.
In law, the gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means.2.
An action which a man has against another who has found or obtained possession of any of his goods, and who refuses to deliver them on demand. This is called an action of trover and conversion. In this case, the trover or finding is an immaterial fact, but the plaintiff must prove his own property, and the possession and conversion of the goods by the defendant.Definition 2024
trover
trover
English
Noun
trover (countable and uncountable, plural trovers)
- (law) Taking possession of personal property which has been found.
- (law) 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 431:
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus. Compare Old Provençal trobar.
Verb
trover
- to find
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem truev distinct from the unstressed stem trov, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of trover (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trover | avoir trové | |||||
| gerund | en trovant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | trovant | ||||||
| past participle | trové | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | truis | trueves | trueve | trovons | trovez | truevent |
| imperfect | trovoie, troveie, trovoe, troveve | trovoies, troveies, trovoes, troveves | trovoit, troveit, trovot, troveve | troviiens, troviens | troviiez, troviez | trovoient, troveient, trovoent, trovevent | |
| preterite | trovai | trovas | trova | trovames | trovastes | troverent | |
| future | troverai | troveras | trovera | troverons | troveroiz, trovereiz, troverez | troveront | |
| conditional | troveroie, trovereie | troveroies, trovereies | troveroit, trovereit | troveriiens, troveriens | troveriiez, troveriez | troveroient, trovereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | truisse | truisses | truisse, truist | trovons, truissiens, truissons | trovez, truissiez | truissent |
| imperfect | trovasse | trovasses | trovast | trovissons, trovissiens | trovissoiz, trovissez, trovissiez | trovassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | truisse | — | trovons | trovez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: trouver