recaption

noun
re·​cap·​tion | \ rə̇ˈkapshən\

Definition of recaption

: the act of retaking specifically : the peaceable retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children from one who has taken and wrongfully detains them

History and Etymology for recaption

re- + Latin caption-, captio act of taking, seizing

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