English Dictionary

detainer

noun

(law) The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody. / One who detains.

The detainer was issued by the court to keep the suspect in custody.

意味（1）

(law) The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody.

On Monday, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency placed a similar detainer on Melvin Jovel, 18, who on Sunday was the sixth person to be arrested in the case.

意味（2）

One who detains.

[…] he chatted gaily with his fair detainer, showing no inclination to escape from the bondage in which she sought to retain him.