\Re*plev"in\ (-?n), n. [LL. replevina. See {Replevy},
and cf. {Plevin}.]
1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession
   of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained.
   Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful
   distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases
   of wrongful taking or detention. --Bouvier.
2. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.

\Re*plev"in\, v. t. (Law)
To replevy.