reclaim

To demand again; to Insist upon a right, as, when a defendant for a consideration received from the plaintiff has covenanted to do an act, and fails to do it, the plaintiff may bring covenant for the breach, or assumpsit to reclaim the consideration. 1 Caines (N. Y.) 47.

To demand again; to insist upon a right; as, when a defendant for a consideration received from the plaintiff has covenanted to do an act, and fails to do it, the plaintiff may bring covenant for the breach, or assumpsit to reclaim the consideration. Weaver v. Bentley, 1 Caines (N. Y.) 47.

To claim or demand back; to ask for the return or restoration of a thing; to insist upon one's right to recover that which was one's own, but was parted with conditionally or mistakenly; as, to reclaim goods which were obtained from one under false pretenses. In feudal law, it was used of the action of a lord pursuing, prosecuting, and recalling his vassal, who had gone to live in another place, without his permission. In international law, it denotes the demanding of a thing or person to be delivered up or surrendered to the government or state to which either properly belongs, when, by an irregular means, it has come into the possession of another. Wharton. In the law of property. Spoken of animals, to reduce from a wild to a fume or domestic sinte; to tame them.

In an analogous sense, to reclaim land is to reduce marshy or swamp land to a state fit for cultivation and habitation.

In Scotch law. To appcal. The reclaiming days in Scotland are the days allowed to a party dissatisfied with the judgment of the lord ordinary to appeal therefrom to the inner house; and the petition of appeal is called the reclaiming "bill," "note," or "petition." Mozley & Whitley; Bell.

1. 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.

1. Spoken of pecuniary claims, means to demand back again what one has before parted with. Thus, if one pays for goods, and they are not delivered, and he sues to recover back the price, he is said to reclaim iti 2. Spoken of animals, it means to of a species naturally wild, which are, by care or effort, domesticated, are called reclaimed, and may be subjects of qualified property. 3. In the feudal law, it was sometimes used of the action of a lord pursuing, prosecuting, and recalling his vassal, who had gone to live in another place, without his permission (see Wharton); and it would be equally appropriate of a master pursuing a fugitive apprentice or slave. 4. In international law, it has nearly the same sense as the last mentioned, being used of the demanding of a thing or person to be delivered up or surrendered to the government or state to which either properly belongs, when by an irregular means it has come into the possession of another. See Wharton. 5. In Scotch law practice, to reclaim is to appeal. The reclaiming days in Scotland are the days allowed to a party dissatisfied with the judgment of the lord ordinary to appeal therefrom to the inner house; and the petition of appeal is called the reclaiming bill, note, or petition. This recites the judgment against which the party appeals, and concludes with a, short prayer, craving the alteration desired. Bell.