replevin

== English == === Etymology === Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈplɛvɪn/ Rhymes: -ɛvɪn === Noun === replevin (countable and uncountable, plural replevins) (law) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === replevin (third-person singular simple present replevins, present participle replevining, simple past and past participle replevined) (transitive) To replevy. ==== Translations ====