- One who, or that which, retains. - One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an
adherent; a hanger-on. - Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally
attending and wearing his master's livery. - The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or
counselor to manage his cause. - The act of withholding what one has in his hands by
virtue of some right. - A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a
cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the
case; -- called also retaining fee. - The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in
dependence.
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