replevin

Meaning

Noun

An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.

Verb

To replevy.

Synonyms

embitterment

indictment

recovery

aggrievance

Translations

queixa

reivindicació

παράπονο

grief

lagnanza

claim

reivindicacion

reïvindicacion

revindicacion

reivindicação

reivindicación

acción reivindicatoria

kefalet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈplɛvɪn/

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).