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replevy

replevy

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Replevy  \Re*plev"y\  (-?),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Replevied}  (-?d); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Replevying}.]  [OF.  replevir,  LL  replevire 
  See  {Pledge},  {Replevin}.] 
  1.  (Law)  To  take  or  get  back  by  a  writ  for  that  purpose 
  (goods  and  chattels  wrongfully  taken  or  detained),  upon 
  giving  security  to  try  the  right  to  them  in  a  suit  at  law, 
  and  if  that  should  be  determined  against  the  plaintiff, 
  to  return  the  property  replevied. 
 
  2.  (Old  Eng.  Law)  To  bail.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Replevy  \Re*plev"y\  (r?-pl?v"?),  n. 
  Replevin.  --Mozley  &  W.