WRIT OF RECAPTION
\ɹˈɪt ɒv ɹɪkˈapʃən], \ɹˈɪt ɒv ɹɪkˈapʃən], \ɹ_ˈɪ_t ɒ_v ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈa_p_ʃ_ə_n]\
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If, pending an action of replevin for a distress, the defendantdistrains again for the same rent or service, the owner of the goods is not driven toanother action of replevin, but is allowed a writ of recaption, by which he recovers thegoods and damages for the defendant's contempt of the process of the law in making asecond distress while the matter is sub jud ice. Woodf. Landl. & Ten. 484.
By Henry Campbell Black
