Etymology

replevin

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Today it means: An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action. Full definition →

Old French replevir
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromreplevir“recover”
  2. English todayreplevin

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

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchreplevir all →

replevy

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