repleviableadj.
/rᵻˈplɛvɪəbl/, U.S. /rəˈplɛviəb(ə)l/, /riˈplɛviəb(ə)l/ Law (U.S. in later use).
That may be replevied (in various senses). Cf. replevisable adj.Now historical in English Law.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > carrying out replevin > that may be replevied
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replevisable1641
1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas f. lviv If they [sc. the landes and goodes of the fugitiue] appere before outlarie, they shalbe repleuiable [Fr. repleuisables].
1654 T. Fuller Ephemeris Parliamentaria 122 The Statute hath declared who are repleviable, who are not, as men outlawed have abjured the Realm.
1719 Tryal John Hambden 92/2 If he was committed by his Counsel, that was his representative Body, he was not repleviable.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 7 Such distresses are partly analogous to the antient distress at common law, as being repleviable and the like.
1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 303 Goods are only repleviable when taken by way of distress.
1859 Jurist 12 Feb. 46/1 The goods are repleviable, and therefore the action does not lie.
1930 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 78 515 The chattels are not repleviable because they cannot be reached.
1988 D. Crook in P. R. Coss & S. D. Lloyd 13th Cent. Eng. II. 59 A steward had taken 10s. from a Gilbert Robehod to release him to pledges, when he was in fact repleviable by statute.
1997 Federal Suppl. (U.S.) (Lexis) 960 270 Once the federal government has taken custody of property under 21 U.S.C.S. § 881, such property is not repleviable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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