vendication

noun

1. An act of claiming property.

   rare, uncountable

   Poſſeſſion thereof remains in the Heir, against whom the Legatar hath not only a personal Action, for payment or delivery of the Legacy but hath alſo a real Action of Vendication, againſt him, and all other havers thereof, for delivery of the ſame.

Where it comes from

From Latin vendicatio (“claiming”), via French vendication (“claiming”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry vendication (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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