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recaption
[ ree-kap-shuhn ]
- 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
/ riːˈkæpʃən /
- law the process of taking back one's own wife, child, property, etc, without causing a breach of the peace
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Origin of recaption1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recaption1
C17: from re- + caption (in the sense: seizure)
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