Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
recaptures , or takes aprize that had been previously taken.
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Examples
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If we admit that he may have become so, there would be no further perfect and external obligation on the _recaptor_ to restore property which has become that of the enemy; and on which the first proprietor has lost all claim.
The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping H. Byerley Thomson
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The costs and damages paid to the recaptor are termed Salvage.
The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping H. Byerley Thomson
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Indian, or other person from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed by _another citizen_, specific restitution shall be adjudged to the claimant, whether the original capture shall have been made on land or water, a reasonable salvage being paid by the claimant to the recaptor, not exceeding one-fourth part of the value of such labor or service, to be estimated according to the laws of the State
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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We presume not to dispute the wisdom of the ordinance of the King, which gives to the recaptor from a pirate only one third; because we know not the species of pirates which was then in contemplation, nor the motives of that regulation.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Jared Sparks 1827
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Dr. Shaul, the study's senior author, said the new molecule is a unique selective estrogen recaptor modulator (SERM).
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Indian, or other person, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed by _a State or a citizen of a State_, specific restitution shall be adjudged to the claimant, whether the original capture shall have been made on land or water, _and without regard to the time of possession by the enemy_, a reasonable salvage being paid by the claimant to the recaptor, not exceeding 1-4th of the value of such labor or service, to be estimated according to the laws of the
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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