A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu
   of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a
   taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in
   withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the
   action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues
   to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return
   of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of
   return.