n. (Law) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Writ of recaption (Law),
n. [ F. réception, L. receptio, fr. recipere, receptum. See Receive. ]
What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]