1. A detainer is a document ordering one agency to hold an inmate for another. 2. I think the real problem was that there was no detainer on my client. 3. If he should be granted bail, a federal detainer would trigger his transfer to federal custody. 4. This time, immigration officials placed a detainer on him at the Santa Clara County Jail in California. 5. And again, in this case, an action arises from a tortious detainer and not from bailment. 6. A "'disc tumbler lock "'is a lock composed of slotted rotating detainer discs. 7. This meant their detainer , Stony Brook University, had to provide a legally sufficient reason for their imprisonment. 8. But in light of the Wallace case, his department will send a separate detainer with the inmate in the future. 9. "I've never heard of a child molester who had a detainer on him being released," 10. Day of Fire's 2004 self-titled debut album featured hits like " Cornerstone " and " Detainer ".