repleção; recuperação de bens; ação de repleção
1. (Law) A legal action to recover personal property that has been wrongfully taken or detained
The landlord filed a replevin to recover the furniture left behind by the tenant.
O proprietário ajuizou uma ação de repleção para recuperar os móveis deixados pelo inquilino.
2. (Law) The recovery of goods by legal process; the return of seized property to its owner
The court granted replevin of the vehicle that was illegally repossessed.
O tribunal concedeu a recuperação do veículo que foi ilegalmente retomado.
3. (Verb) To recover possession of goods through legal action
The creditor sought to replevin the equipment after the company defaulted on its loan.
O credor procurou recuperar o equipamento após a empresa deixar de pagar seu empréstimo.
Replevin is a technical legal term primarily used in common law jurisdictions. It is more prevalent in the United States and English-speaking countries than in Brazil or Portugal, where civil law traditions govern property recovery procedures. The term appears frequently in contract disputes, repossession cases, and landlord-tenant litigation in North America.
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