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), a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. réception, L. receptio, fr. recipere, receptum. See Receive. ] 1. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state of being received. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. [ 1913 Webster ]
What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. [ 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 ]
5. A retaking; a recovery. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
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