1. a legal action to recover the value of personal property that has been wrongfully converted by another person
Usage: legal

Examples

• The plaintiff filed a trover action to recover damages for the stolen goods.
• In trover, the defendant is liable for the full value of the converted property.
• The court awarded damages in the trover suit after finding wrongful conversion.
• Trover allows recovery of monetary compensation rather than return of the actual item.
• The attorney explained that trover was the appropriate remedy for the client’s case.
• Historical trover cases established important precedents in property law.