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Definition of: recaption
(rē·kap′shən) noun Law
1. The rearrest of one who has escaped custody.
2. The retaking by peaceable means of one's goods, wife, child, or chattel from one who wrongfully detains them. [<RE- + CAPTION (def. 5)]
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