REPLEVY

Etymology

Verb

replevy (third-person singular simple present replevies, present participle replevying, simple past and past participle replevied)

To return goods to their rightful owner by replevin; to recover goods.

(obsolete, UK, legal) To bail.

Noun

replevy

replevin

Source: Wiktionary

Re*plev"y (-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replevied (-d); p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying.] Etym: [OF. replevir, LL. replevire. See Pledge, Replevin.]

1. (Law)

Definition: To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfuly 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.

2. (Old Eng.LAw)

Definition: To bail. Spenser.

Re*plev"y (r-plv"), n.

Definition: Replevin. Mozley & W.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition