revendicate

Main Entry: re·ven·di·cate
Pronunciation: ri-'ven-d&-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: back-formation from revendication, from French, from Middle French, probably from revendiguer to revendicate, from re- back + vendiguer to lay claim to something, from Latin vindicare
in the civil law of Louisiana : to bring an action to enforce rights in (specific property) esp. for the recognition of ownership and the recovery of possession from one wrongfully in possession —re·ven·di·ca·tion /-"ven-d&-'kA-sh&n/ noun —re·ven·di·ca·to·ry /-'ven-d&-k&-"tOr-E/ adjective