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noun
An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To replevy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
