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REPLEVY

Volume 9 · 62 words · 1778 Edition

in law, is a tenant's bringing a writ of replevin, or replegiari facias, where his goods are taken by distress for rent; which must be done within five days after the distress, otherwise at the five days end they are to be appraised and sold. This word is also used for bailing a person, as in the case of a homine replegiando.