1. An action by the owner to claim property.
vindicatio servitutis (vin-di-kay-shee-oh s[schwa]r-v[schwa]-t[y]oo-tis). [Latin “claim of servitude”] Roman law. An action against the owner of land over which the plaintiff claims that a servitude exists.
— Also termed actio confessoria.
2. The claiming of a thing as one’s own; the assertion of a right in or title to a thing. Pl. vindicationes (vin-di-kay-shee-oh-neez).