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   replevin

   /rɪˈplɛvɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a procedure whereby seized goods may be provisionally restored to their owner pending the outcome of an action to determine the rights of the parties concerned.
   • ▪ an action arising from the process of replevin.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French replevir ‘recover’ (see replevy).

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