Definition for RE-PLEV'IN

RE-PLEV'IN, n. [See Ripley.]

  1. An action or remedy granted on a distress, by which a person whose cattle or goods are distrained, has them returned to his own possession upon giving security, to try the right of taking in suit at law, and if that should be determined against him, to return the cattle or goods into the possession of the distrainor. – Blackstone.
  2. The writ by which a distress is replevied.

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