Seizure and Detention distinction: seizure requires reasonable belief after inquiry and transfers possession; detention denies access by notice. Detention is the denial of access to the owner or possessor by legal order or notice, issued when goods are suspected to be liable to confiscation. Seizure is the authority taking actual possession of goods and may be effected only upon a reasonable belief, formed after inquiry or investigation, that the goods are liable to confiscation.
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Seizure and Detention distinction: seizure requires reasonable belief after inquiry and transfers possession; detention denies access by notice.
Detention is the denial of access to the owner or possessor by legal order or notice, issued when goods are suspected to be liable to confiscation. Seizure is the authority taking actual possession of goods and may be effected only upon a reasonable belief, formed after inquiry or investigation, that the goods are liable to confiscation.
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