revendication
revendication, n. 1. The recovery or claiming back of something by a formal claim or demand. 2. Civil law. An action to recover real rights in and possession of property that is wrongfully held by another. • This is analogous to the common-law replevin. [Cases: Replevin 1. C.J.S. Replevin §§ 2–7.] — revendicate, vb.