Noah Webster
Replevin
REPLEV'IN, noun [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.