detainer
/dɪˈteɪnə(r)/noun
1
- mass noun Law the action of detaining or withholding property【律】对财产的扣留; 对财产的拒交。
1.1
- the detention of a person in custody(对在押候审者的)拘留。
1.2
- an order authorizing the continued detention of a person in custody继续拘留状。
2
- chiefly Law a person who detains someone or something【主律】拘留者; 扣押者。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French detener 'detain' (used as a noun), variant of Old French detenir (see DETAIN).