Spes Recuperandi
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Hope of recapture. The title to property captured at sea is not deemed to vest in the captors until their capture has been made entirely complete and certain; until there is no longer any hope of recapturing it. This chance is called the spes recuperandi.