RECAP'TION, noun [Latin re and captio; capio, to take.] The act of retaking; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife or children from one who has taken them and wrongfully detains them. Writ of recaption a writ to recover property taken by a second distress, pending a replevin for a former distress for the same rent or service.
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