Replevin Definition
rĭ-plĕvĭn
replevin
noun
The recovery of goods by the person claiming to own them, on a promise to test the matter in court and give the goods up again if defeated.
Webster's New World
An action to recover personal property said or claimed to be unlawfully taken.
American Heritage
The writ or procedure of such an action.
American Heritage
The writ by which one takes over the goods.
Webster's New World
An action taken to recover wrongfully taken property, rather than recovering only the value of that property from the defendant; a court order authorizing the return of the plaintiff’s wrongfully taken property.
Webster's New World Law
Origin of Replevin
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Middle English from Anglo-Norman replevine from replevir to give as a security re- re- plevir to pledge (from Late Latin plebere) (of Germanic origin dlegh- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover"), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).
From Wiktionary
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