vindicia

vindic- (stem of vindex, “claimant”, “vindicator”) +‎ -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /winˈdi.ki.a/, [wɪnˈdɪ.ki.a]

vindicia f (genitive vindiciae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) a laying claim to (a thing, before the praetor, by both contending parties)
2. a legal claim (made in respect to a thing, whether as one’s own property, or for its restoration to a free condition)
3. provisional possession (for the duration of the vindicātiō, of the property so disputed)

First declension.

• vindĭcĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vindĭcĭae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vindĭcĭæ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, pages 1,678–9