English Explanatory Dictionary

replevin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.
verb
  1. To replevy.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈplɛvɪn/

Word forms

replevin replevins replevining replevined

Etymology

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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