2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Replevin  \Re*plev"in\  (-?n),  n.  [LL.  replevina.  See  {Replevy}, 
  and  cf  {Plevin}.] 
  1.  (Law)  A  personal  action  which  lies  to  recover  possession 
  of  goods  and  chattle  wrongfully  taken  or  detained. 
  Originally,  it  was  a  remedy  peculiar  to  cases  for  wrongful 
  distress,  but  it  may  generally  now  be  brought  in  all  cases 
  of  wrongful  taking  or  detention.  --Bouvier. 
 
  2.  The  writ  by  which  goods  and  chattels  are  replevied. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Replevin  \Re*plev"in\,  v.  t.  (Law) 
  To  replevy. 

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