RECAPTION

Etymology

Noun

recaption (countable and uncountable, plural recaptions)

(legal) The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him

Verb

recaption (third-person singular simple present recaptions, present participle recaptioning, simple past and past participle recaptioned)

(transitive) To assign a new caption to.

Anagrams

• captioner, preaction, precation

Source: Wiktionary


Re*cap"tion, n. (Law)

Definition: The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them. Blackstone. Writ of recaption (Law), a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause.Wharton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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