- (n.) The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To replevy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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