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replevin

/ri-plev-in/US // rɪˈplɛv ɪn //UK // (rɪˈplɛvɪn) law //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an action for the recovery of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained.
    • : the common-law action or writ by which goods are replevied.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to replevy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrecover
Forms: replevined, replevining
as inredeem
Forms: replevined, replevining

Examples

  • Another action is replevin which is used to recover specific goods.

  • As well might it be questioned, that a writ of replevin for a horse, or a writ of right for land, was "a suit at Common Law."

  • "I don't want your papers," remarked Sylvane, who did not know a replevin paper from a dog license.

  • Is replevin any relation, say a second cousin, to lis pendis?

  • Then after filling out a writ of replevin he added, "Excuse me a moment, Mr. Terry; I will be back soon."