trover noun. ['trǝʊvǝ] L16.
[Anglo-Norman use as noun of Old French trover (mod. trouver): see TROUVèRE, -ER⁴.]
Law. The action of finding and assuming possession of personal property (now Hist., superseded by conversion (CONVERSION 8)). Also (in full action of trover), a common-law action to recover the value of personal property illegally converted by another to his or her own use.

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