Definitions For Replevin

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive) To replevy

Translations

replevy

Noun

REPLEVIN (plural REPLEVINs) (legal) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; The writ or procedure of such action.

Translations

Spanish: acción reivindicatoria, f, reivindicación, f

Etymology

{{etyl, xno, en}}, from {{etyl, fro, en}} replevir, , recover, from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).

Is Replevin a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
17

The word Replevin is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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