replevin
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English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).
Pronunciation
Noun
replevin (plural replevins)
- (law) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.
Translations
legal action
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Verb
replevin (third-person singular simple present replevins, present participle replevining, simple past and past participle replevined)
- (transitive) To replevy.
- 1998, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain:
- 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.
Translations
replevy — see replevy