An action to recover personal property said or claimed to be unlawfully taken.
The writ or procedure of such an action.
tr.v.
re·plev·ined, re·plev·in·ing, re·plev·ines To replevy.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman replevine, from replevir, to give as a security : re-, re- + plevir, to pledge (from Late Latin plebere, of Germanic origin; see dlegh- in Indo-European roots).]
(rĭ-plěv'ĭn) 