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2013 District of Columbia Code
Division II — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Title 16 — PARTICULAR ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND MATTERS
Chapter 37 — REPLEVIN
- Section 16-3701 — Demand prior to action; costs.
- Section 16-3702 — Form of complaint.
- Section 16-3703 — Affidavit; contents.
- Section 16-3704 — Undertaking to abide judgment of the court.
- Section 16-3705 — Failure of officer to obtain possession; procedure.
- Section 16-3706 — Publication against defendant.
- Section 16-3707 — Default.
- Section 16-3708 — Motion for return of property; procedure; objection to sufficiency of security.
- Section 16-3709 — Notice to officer of intention to move for return; duty of officer; time of motion.
- Section 16-3710 — Determination and measure of plaintiff's damages.
- Section 16-3711 — Judgment for defendant and determination of damages.
- Section 16-3712 — Verdict where goods are eloigned.
- Section 16-3713 — Judgment where goods are eloigned.
- Section 16-3731 to 16-3740 — Jurisdiction; form of complaint; affidavit; contents; undertaking to abide judgment of the court; failure of officer to obtain possession; publication against defendant; default; retention of property by marshal; sufficiency of undertaking, quashing writ, and return of property; motion for return of property; procedure; objection to sufficiency of security; determination and measure of plaintiff's damages; judgment for defendant and determination of damages. [Repealed.]
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