recaption
/riːˈkapʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun] Law
The action of taking back, without legal process, property of one’s own that has been wrongfully taken or withheld.In addition, the pilot may rely on what is known as ‘recaption’ as a defence to trespass when entering the land to retrieve the glider....
- In the first place, to be subject to recaption the property must be the property of the ‘re-captor,’ and must also be the identical property taken by another, capable of identification, and not other property however similar.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Anglo-Latin recaptio(n-), from re- 'back' + Latin captio(n-) 'taking'.