replevin

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The Argonauts promised to produce this contract, adding that if Engineer Sikorsky continued unconvinced they would pay him a balance due of $8,000, attach the plane through a writ of replevin, drop Capt.

From Time Magazine Archive

One firm, Merchant & Co., which had supplied the iron for his kiln and vault, had gone so far as to secure a writ of replevin to take the iron back.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

One of his horses had been stolen by the boss of a passing herd, and he wanted a writ of replevin.

From The Aventures of Buffalo Bill by Cody, Col. William F.

Then after filling out a writ of replevin he added, "Excuse me a moment, Mr. Terry; I will be back soon."

From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark

We were about to crowd in when we heard him say: "Well, if I can find them I shall have them arrested and replevin the horse."

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)