Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An action to recover personal property said or claimed to be unlawfully taken.
- n. The writ or procedure of such an action.
- v. To replevy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In law, a personal action which lies to recover possession of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained, upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied. Originally it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention, with certain exceptions as to property in custody of the law, taken for a tax, or the like.
- n. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.
- n. Bail.
- To replevy.
Wiktionary
- n. law an action to recover personal property unlawfully taken; the writ or procedure of such action
- v. transitive to replevy
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention.
- n. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.
- v. (Law) To replevy.
Etymologies
- Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir ‘recover’, from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge). (Wiktionary)
- 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). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In almost all states the term replevin in no longer used, since the states have adopted "one cause of action" for all civil wrongs.”
“Yesterday's term was replevin, which is defined as:”
“By the act commonly called replevin law, any person whose goods are seized or detained by the collector for the payment of duties may sue out a writ of replevin, and, by virtue of that writ, the goods are to be restored to him.”
“UPDATED: Wdegraw was kind enough to point out that "replevin" was already the word of the day.”
“The case was heard in 1781 and started, strangely, when Bett and Brom sought and received from the court a writ of replevin which is an order to recover property from Ashley, themselves.”
“Dedalus's response to Ms. Banach's lawsuit is to countersue for more than $5 million, claiming "breach of fiduciary duty, self dealing, theft of corporate opportunities, conversion, replevin, and spoliation of computer evidence.”
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“Criminal asset forfeiture is different from a replevin action.”
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“If I had to guess, it is because Fuentes deals with a writ of replevin.”
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“Can I get replevin, or am I restricted to damages?”
“I hear the owners are so impudent, that they design to replevin them by law.”
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