replevy
/rɪˈplɛvi/
verb
- To recover possession of goods that were taken or seized, by giving a legal bond or security.
- The farmer tried to replevy his tractor after it was seized for unpaid debts.
- The company filed a court order to replevy the equipment that had been wrongfully taken.
- Under the old law, a person could replevy property by posting a bond equal to its value.
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