Look up: replevin

1. Replevin
   Re·plev'in noun [ Late Latin replevina . See Replevy , and confer Plevin .] 1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy pe...
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2. Replevin
   Re·plev'in transitive verb (Law) To replevy.
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3. Replevin
   • (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 w...
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4. replevin
   a form of lawsuit in common-law countries, such as England, Commonwealth countries, and the United States, for return of personal property wrongfully ... [2 related articles]
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5. Replevin
   An action to recover personal property said or claimed to be unlawfully taken. 2) The writ or procedure of such an action. It will be proper to consider, 1. For what property this action will lie. 2. What interest the plaintiff must have in the same. 3. For what injury. 4. The pleadings. 5. The judgment. - 1. To support replevin, the property a...
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6. Replevin
   (N) Replevin is the right to resort legal steps for recovery of goods, articles or properties illegitimately seized by somebody without his permission
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7. replevin
   n. under common law, the right to bring a lawsuit for recovery of goods improperly taken by another. In almost all states the term replevin in no longer used, since the states have adopted "one cause of action" for all civil wrongs.
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8. Replevin
   In English law, replevin is an action brought to recover possession of goods illegally seized, the validity of which seizure it is the regular mode of contesting.
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9. Replevin
   In creditors` rights law, `replevin`, sometimes known as "claim and delivery," is a legal remedy for a person to recover goods unlawfully withheld from his or her possession, by means of a special form of legal process in which a court may require a defendant to return specific goods to th...
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