† plevin Law. Obs.
Also 5 plevyne.
[a. OF. plevine pledge (12th c. in Godef.), = med.L. plevīna, f. plevīre, in F. plevīr to warrant; see pledge.]
Pledge, assurance, warrant.
(Frequent in AF. legal use; in Eng. law-books since 16th c.; rare in ME., quot. c 1400 not legal.)
| [1275 Act 3 Edw. I, c. 17 (Stat. Westm.) Le Visconte ou le Baillif,..voyst asayer de fere la plevine des avers a celui qe pris les avera. 1292 Britton iii. vi. §6 Et si le pleintif soit si povere qe il ne puse suerté trover, suffit la plevine par sa fey [tr. And if the plaintiff be so poor that he cannot find security, the pledging of his own faith shall be sufficient].] c 1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1253 Thar wedded Ywaine in plevyne The riche lady Alundyne. 1543 transl. of quot. 1275 The same shyryffe or baylyffe..do assay to make pleuyn of the beastes from him that toke them. 1607 in Cowell Interpr. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Plevin, in Common Law, signifies a Warrant or Assurance. See Replevin. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Plevin, Plevina, in law, a warrant or assurance; the same with Pledge. |