Usually means: Reclaiming possession through legal process.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word replevining:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. replevining: Merriam-Webster
  2. replevining: Collins English Dictionary
  3. replevining: Wiktionary
  4. replevining: Dictionary.com
  5. replevining: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. replevining: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. replevining: Legal dictionary
  3. replevining: Financial dictionary

(Note: See replevin as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (replevin)

noun:  (law) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.
verb:  (transitive) To replevy.
▸ Also see replevin


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