Spes Recuperandi
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat The hope of recovery or recapture; the chance of retaking property captured at sea, which prevents the captors from acquiring complete ownership of the property until they /have definitely precluded it by effectual measures. 1 Kent, Comm. 101.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Hope of recapture. See Capture.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
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.