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Meaning of detainer

de•tain•er

Pronunciation: (di-tā'nur), [key]
— n. Law.
  1. a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
  2. the wrongful detaining or withholding of what belongs to another.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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