Category:Recaption

Re*cap"tion, n. (law)

Defn: 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.