replevin noun. [rɪ'plɛvɪn] LME.
[Anglo-Norman = Old French replevir recover: see REPLEVY verb.]
Law.
1. The provisional restoration to, or recovery by, the owner of goods invalidly distrained, on his or her giving security to have the matter tried in court and to abide by the court's decision. LME.
b. Conditional release of a prisoner under a writ of mainprize. L16-M17.

2. A writ empowering a person to recover his or her goods by replevin. LME.

3. An action for recovering distrained goods by replevin. E16.

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replevin verb trans. [rɪ'plɛvɪn] M17.
[from the noun.]
Law.
1. = REPLEVY verb 1. rare. Only in M17.

2. = REPLEVY verb 2. Now chiefly US. L17.

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