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/ɹɪˈplɛvɪn/ · noun
(law) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action..
Arranged about her are artificial flowers that appear in their varied pale and pastel colors to be faded from the sun. As if perhaps replevined from some desert grave.
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Replevin means (law) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action..
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Arranged about her are artificial flowers that appear in their varied pale and pastel colors to be faded from the sun. As if perhaps replevined from some desert grave.
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