About The Word Recaption
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Recaption
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What's The Definition Of Recaption?Synonyms | Synonyms for Recaption: Related Terms | Find terms related to Recaption: See Also | Recaption In Webster's Dictionary \Re*cap"tion\, n. (Law)
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.
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