Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Replevin \Re*plev"in\ (-?n), n. [LL. replevina. See {Replevy},
   and cf. {Plevin}.]
   1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession
      of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained.
      Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful
      distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases
      of wrongful taking or detention. --Bouvier.

   2. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.

Replevin \Re*plev"in\, v. t. (Law)
   To replevy.