Replevin
//ɹɪˈplɛvɪn// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To replevy. transitive
"Arranged about her are artificial flowers that appear in their varied pale and pastel colors to be faded from the sun. As if perhaps replevined from some desert grave."
Example
More examples"Arranged about her are artificial flowers that appear in their varied pale and pastel colors to be faded from the sun. As if perhaps replevined from some desert grave."
Etymology
Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).
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