replevin

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Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈplɛvɪn/

Definition of replevin

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.

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noun

(countable, uncountable)An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.

verb

(transitive)To replevy.

“Arranged about her are artificial flowers that appear in their varied pale and pastel colors to be faded from the sun. As if perhaps replevined from some desert grave.”

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Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).

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