revendicate
English
Etymology
Compare French revendiquer. Doublet of revenge.
Pronunciation
Verb
revendicate (third-person singular simple present revendicates, present participle revendicating, simple past and past participle revendicated)
- (transitive, law or formal) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of (something) as a right, or to maintain a claim to (a property or right) that has been withheld.
- 1760, M. de Vittel, LAW OF NATIONS, volume 1, page 86, translation of original in French:
- And the alienation of any of its possessions by the conqueror is valid and irretrievable. Should some subsequent fortunate revolution deliver it from the conqueror's yoke, it can revendicate them.
- 1901, Solomon Wolff, editor, Code of Practice of Louisiana, page 163:
- In actions of revendication of real property, or when proceedings are instituted in order to obtain the seizure and the sale of real property, in virtue of an act of hypothecation importing confession of judgment, the defendant may be cited, whether in the first instance or in appeal, either within the jurisdiction where the property revendicated or hypothecated is situated, though he has his domicile or residence out of that jurisdiction, or in that where the defendant has his domicile, as the plaintiff chooses.
- (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 87:
- Held, that to entitle the seller to revendicate, three things must exist: 1. The sale must not have been made on credit. 2. The thing must be entire and in the same condition. 3. The thing must not have passed into the hands of a third party who has paid for it.
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References
- “revendicate, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “revendicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.