The tort of conversion may be committed in any of the following ways:
(i) Taking another's goods or dispossessing.
(ii) Destroying or altering another's goods.
(iii) Receiving another goods.
(iv) Misdelivery of goods.
(v) Disposition with delivery.
(vi) Disposition without delivery.
(vii) Refusal to surrender on demand.
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