Definition of replevin

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re·plev·in    (r-plvn) KEY 

NOUN:

1. An action to recover personal property said or claimed to be unlawfully taken.
2. The writ or procedure of such an action.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
re·plev·ined, re·plev·in·ing, re·plev·ines

To replevy.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Anglo-Norman replevine, from replevir, to give as a security : re-, re- + plevir, to pledge (from Late Latin plebere, of Germanic origin; see dlegh- in Indo-European roots)