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replevy

Replevy is to recover or take back goods that are being unlawfully withheld or withheld from their rightful owner. (verb)

When you take back goods that are rightful yours but that are being withheld, this is an example ofreplevy.

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See replevy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See replevy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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