Dictionary Entry
replevy
replevy is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.
- 2transitive verb
To bail.
- 3noun
Replevin.
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