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Recaption
The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him
📖 Definitions of "Recaption"
noun
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The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him
verb
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To assign a new caption to.
"The newspaper was forced to recaption the photograph to avoid a libel suit."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Recaption"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| restitutionnoun | The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury. |
| claimnoun | A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided. |
| recompensationnoun | (sometimes proscribed) Synonym of compensation. |
| re-restitutionnoun | (law) An order returning property lost by a previous legal proceeding. |
| condictionnoun | (law) A claim for restitution of a payment |
| recoupmentnoun | A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement. |
| detinuenoun | (law) A legal action to reclaim goods wrongfully detained. |
| replevinnoun | (law) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action. |
| recoverynoun | A return to normal health. |
| rerestitutionnoun | Alternative form of re-restitution. [(law) An order returning property lost by a previous legal proceeding.] |
| naamnoun | (obsolete, law) The taking of property for the purpose of compensation. |
| remitternoun | One who remits, or makes remittance. |
| legal remedynoun | (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong |
| avowantnoun | (law) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. |
| solutionnoun | An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem. |
| captionnoun | A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc. |
| conversionnoun | The act of converting something or someone. |
| recoverornoun | (law) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. |
| theftbotenoun | (law, obsolete or historical) The receiving of a person's goods back from a thief, or a compensation for them, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment. |
| redemptionnoun | (religion) Salvation from sin. |
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