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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Replevy

/(-?)/ · Re·plev·y · IPA /ɹɪˈplɛvi/
01 v. t. 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…
imp. & p. p. Replevied; p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying
  1. 1.
    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.(Law)
  2. 2.
    To bail.(Old Eng. Law)
02 n. Replevin.
  1. 1.
    Replevin.