Personal Replevin
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A proceeding which succeeded to the court de homine replegiando, and was in turn succeeded by the writ of habeas corpus.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A proceeding in use prior to the writ of habeas corpus and with the same purpose. See Habeas corpus.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A species of action to replevy a man out of prison or out of the custody of any private person. It took the place of the old writ de homine replegiando; but, as a means of examining into the legality of an imprisonment, it is now superseded by the writ of habeas corpus
Defined under Replevin in Black's Law Dictionary.