Trover

noun

1. A common-law action to recover damages for property illegally withheld or wrongfully converted to use by another.
2. Properly, the finding of anything; specifically, in law:
3. the gaining possession of personal property, whether by finding or otherwise
4. a common-law action for damages for the wrongful taking or detention of goods from the possession of another.
5. The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means.