English-Thai Dictionary
replevin
N การคืน ทรัพย์ ที่ ยึด มา indictment recovery kan-kuan-sab-ti-yuad-ma
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
REPLEVIN
n.[See Replevy. ] 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 a suit at law, and if that should be determined against him, to return the cattle or goods into the possession of the distrainor.
2. The writ by which a distress is replevied.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
REPLEVIN
Re *plev "in (-n ), n. Etym: [LL. replevina. See Replevy, and cf. Plevin. ]
1. (Law )
Defn: A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Bouvier.
2. The writ by which goods and chattles are replevied.
REPLEVIN
REPLEVIN Re *plev "in, v. t. (Law )
Defn: To replevy.
New American Oxford Dictionary
replevin
re plev in |riˈplevən rəˈplɛvən | ▶noun Law 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 such a process. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French replevir ‘recover ’ (see replevy ).
Oxford Dictionary
replevin
replevin |rɪˈplɛvɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law 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. • [ count noun ] an action arising from the process of replevin. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French replevir ‘recover ’ (see replevy ).
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