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Conversion is an intentional tort consisting of "taking with the intent of exercising over the chattel an ownership inconsistent with the real owner's right of possession". [1] In England and Wales, it is a tort of strict liability. [2] Its equivalents in criminal law include larceny or theft and criminal conversion.
Conversion is a legal expression that describes a civil tort (when someone does something wrong, but criminal law is not broken ) where one person “converts” another person’s property for themselves.
Conversion occurs when the defendant intentionally assumes dominion or control over the plaintiff's goods or property in a way that seriously interferes with the plaintiff's right to control them, such that justice requires the defendant to pay the plaintiff for their full value.
Conversion, in law, unauthorized possession of personal property causing curtailment of the owner’s possession or alteration of the property. The essence of conversion is not benefit to the wrongful taker but detriment to the rightful owner.
n. a civil wrong (tort) in which one converts another's property to his/her own use, which is a fancy way of saying "steals." Conversion includes treating another's goods as one's own, holding onto such property which accidentally comes into the convertor's (taker's) hands, or purposely giving the i...
Conversion is the deprivation of another’s right to use or possess personal property. Note that the property at issue is not "real property” which, in turn, is usually defined as land and attached improvements on land. All other property is generally considered “personal property” or “chattels.”
