RESTITUTION

Restitution

The law of restitution is the law of gains-based recovery. It is to be contrasted with the law of compensation, which is the law of loss-based recovery. Obligations to make restitution and obligations to pay compensation are each a type of legal response to events in the real world. When a court orders restitution it orders the defendant to give up his/her gains to the claimant. When a court orders compensation it orders the defendant to pay the claimant for his or her loss.

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restitution

Noun

  1. A process of compensation for losses.
  2. The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
  3. A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
    the restitution of an elastic body
  4. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
  5. The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.


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