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Reclaim

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

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To demand back what was formerly parted with: as, in suing (or money advanced upon goods which were never delivered. 2. To domesticate, tame: as, to reclaim an animal (g. v.) of a wild nature; to cultivate, till: as, to reclaim wild or waste lands. RECOG-NITIOIf. See Acquiescence; Ratification.