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replevin noun [ rɪˈplɛvɪn ]

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


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