replevy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (probably from a Germanic source which also gave pledge).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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, British, law) To bail.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- I humbly crave your Majestie / It to replevie , and my Sonne reprive
Translations[edit]
to return goods to their rightful owner by replevin
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Noun[edit]
replevy
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