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Det.
Det.
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Noun
Det.
- (law) Abbreviation of detention.
Usage notes
This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.