The act of keeping back or withholding,’ either accidentally or by de-sign, a person or thing. See Detainer. —Detention in a reformatory, as a punishment or measure of prevention, is where a ju-venile offender is sentenced to be sent to a reformatory school, to be there detained for a certain period of time. 1 Russ. Crimes, 82
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
