replevin
English
editEtymology
editAnglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editreplevin (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
editlegal action
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Verb
editreplevin (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
editreplevy — see replevy
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