tro·ver /'trō-vər/ n [short for action of trover and conversion; Anglo-French trover act of finding (alluding to goods lost by the plaintiff and found by the defendant), from trover to find, from Old French]: an action at common law to recover the value of chattels or goods wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use compare detinue
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.