restitution
Definition
Amount paid by an offender on the orders of a court in (1) returning a thing to its lawful owner, (2) restoring a damaged property to its original state, or (3) compensating the victim(s) of his or her wrong doing.
restitution is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
restitution appears in the definitions of the following terms: bad-check laws, liable, deficiency letter, one satisfaction rule, unjust enrichment, implied-in-law contract, product liability, Warsaw Convention and restitutio in integrum
restitution appears in the other term: restitution in kind
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