Tag: Replevin
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Possessory Action
In Old English Law. A real action, in which the plaintiff, called the demandant, sought to recover the possession of land, tenements, and hereditaments. On account of the great nicety required in its management, and the introduction of more expeditious methods of trying titles […]
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Avowry
In pleading. The answer of the defendant in an action of replevin brought to recover property taken in distress, in which he acknowledges the taking, and, setting forth the cause thereof, claims a right in himself or his wife to do so. 4 Bouv. Inst, note 3571 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 149. A […]