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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A form of action in English law, derived from the action on the case (q.v.) taking its name from and based on the fiction that the defendant had found (trouvé) goods and then converted them to his own use. It is now called the action of conversion  5, record 1, English, - action%20for%20conversion

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

In order to maintain an action for conversion, the plaintiff must have been either in actual possession or entitled to immediate possession of the goods, at the time when the conversion was committed.  6, record 1, English, - action%20for%20conversion

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

An action for conversion is still commonly called an action of trover.  7, record 1, English, - action%20for%20conversion

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

trover and conversion: Originally the action was brought for damages against one who had found and refused to give up the goods of the plaintiff on demand; this refusal constituted 'conversion' ...; hence the action was called trover and conversion. Later, the finding became a legal fiction, and it was only necessary to prove the ownership and detention of the goods.  4, record 1, English, - action%20for%20conversion

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

action pour détournement : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 1, French, - action%20pour%20d%C3%A9tournement

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish