replevy
Example Sentences
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In answer to this petition, a decree immediately issued from the King's council, commanding a replevy of the arrests and seizures of which the petitioner complained.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
They ran us up into a little town, when they got out a replevy and took the mules.
From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.
I of course refused, whereupon he threatened to replevy, and at once returned to his lawyer's office.
From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)
Indeed, the bulk of the exhibits in Mr. Hucks's museum could legally have been recovered from him under writ of replevy.
From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
I employed a lawyer, and in about ten minutes we were free; but if we had not got away with the stuff we would have had more trouble, as he was ready to replevy.
From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.