recaption

American

[ree-kap-shuhn] / riˈkæp ʃən /

noun

Law.

the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.

recaption British

/ riːˈkæpʃən /

noun

law the process of taking back one's own wife, child, property, etc, without causing a breach of the peace

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Etymology

Origin of recaption

First recorded in 1600–10; re- + caption

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