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replevy

[ ri-plev-ee ]

verb (used with object)

replevied, replevying.
  1. to recover possession of by replevin.


verb (used without object)

replevied, replevying.
  1. to take possession of goods or chattels under a replevin order.

noun

plural replevies.
  1. a seizure in replevin.

replevy

/ ɪˈɛɪ /

verb

  1. to recover possession of (goods) by replevin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. another word for replevin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𱹾, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of replevy1

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French replevir; replevin
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of replevy1

C15: from Old French replevir ; see replevin
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You have a moral right to your own things, and your own children, but no legal right at all; therefore you, a married woman, cannot replevy, although any one else could under like circumstances.”

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I'm not sartain that I could hold the lumber, even after I got it into the river; for a replevy is a formidable thing in law, I can tell you.

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I of course refused, whereupon he threatened to replevy, and at once returned to his lawyer's office.

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I employed a lawyer, and in about ten minutes we were free; but if we had not got away with the stuff we would have had more trouble, as he was ready to replevy.

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They ran us up into a little town, when they got out a replevy and took the mules.

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