单词 | recaptor |
释义 | recaptorn. Chiefly Law. 1. A person who recaptures something, esp. at sea. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun] > captor captor1688 recaptor1751 recapturer1803 1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 280 She and her Cargo was sold, to pay the Salvage due to the Recaptors. 1804 Ld. Ellenborough in Best's Rep. V. 320 Lyde in that case accepted the goods from the recaptors, and not from the master. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. viii. 1125 When the ship was brought into New York by the recaptors, fifty-seven Hogheads were damaged. 1924 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 18 486 The question of when title to property captured as prize passes, may arise..in case of a dispute between the original owner and a recaptor. 1991 F. H. Rudko John Marshall ii. 34 The Consul of Denmark claimed the ship as property of a Danish subject. Marshall found that Shattuck was a Danish burgher and assessed damages against the recaptor. 2. A person who takes goods by a second distraint (see recaption n. 1), or who makes a seizure of property which has been wrongfully taken or withheld (see recaption n. 3). Chiefly U.S. in later use. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > seizure of goods > one who seizes goods for debt > for a second time recaptor1841 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 402/2 The course is to sue out a special writ for the restoration of the goods and for the punishment of the recaptor. 1923 Calif. Law Rev. 11 262 Recaption of movables..is apparently permitted when it is from the thief, and if Britton's statement that the recaptor forfeited his reclaimed property is not law, there is no limit anywhere else. 1972 B. S. Jackson Theft Early Jewish Law ix. 214 The reason why open recaption was permitted, while secret recaption was forbidden, is unconnected with the fact that the robber was punished less severely than the thief in tannaitic law... The recaptor may well raise doubt in the householder's view as to his intentions, and be lawfully killed. 1992 Amer. Indian Law Rev. 17 476 Recaption is the right to recover property without the aid of judicial process. It assumes the recaptor has superior title to the recaptee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1751 |
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