law of restitution

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• restitution — res·ti·tu·tion /ˌres tə tü shən, tyü / n 1 a: a restoration of something to its rightful owner b: a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury 2 a: the equitable remedy of restoring to an aggrieved party that which was obtained in… …   Law dictionary

• 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… …   Wikipedia

• Restitution — • An act of commutative justice by which exact reparation as far as possible is made for an injury that has been done to another Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Restitution     Restitution …   Catholic encyclopedia

• restitution — res‧ti‧tu‧tion [ˌrestˈtjuːʆn ǁ ˈtuːʆn] noun [uncountable] formal LAW the act of giving back something that was stolen, or paying for damage done to something: • He was ordered to pay £1 million in restitution after his guilty plea. * * *… …   Financial and business terms

• Law of India — refers to the system of law which presently operates in India. It is largely based on English common law because of the long period of British colonial influence during the British Raj period. Much of contemporary Indian law shows substantial… …   Wikipedia

• RESTITUTION AND INDEMNIFICATION (German) — Individual Reparations RESTITUTION LAWS After the collapse of Nazi Germany in World War II the Western occupying powers obligated the holders of property which had come into their possession by unlawful means to restore it to the rightful owners …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Restitution von Raubkunst — David Teniers: Erzherzog Leopold Wilhelm in seiner Galerie in Brüssel, um 1651, Sammlung Louis Rothschild, Wien, 1938 beschlagnahmt, 1999 restituiert Die Restitution von Raubkunst ist die Rückgabe der während der NS Zeit durch die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• restitution — An equitable remedy under which a person is restored to his or her original position prior to loss or injury, or placed in the position he or she would have been, had the breach not occurred. Act of restoring; restoration; restoration of anything …   Black's law dictionary

• Restitution, Law of —     The Nazi regime that governed Austria from 1938 to 1945 ruthlessly confiscated and often sold artworks owned by political émigrés, Jewish and non Jewish alike. Formal restitution began after 1945, but only to claimants who clearly identified… …   Historical dictionary of Austria

• writ of restitution — a writ of restitution may issue after the reversal or setting aside of a judgment for possession or where the defendant wrongfully resumes possession of land after entry by the sheriff. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

• Law of the United States — The law of the United States was originally largely derived from the common law system of English law, which was in force at the time of the Revolutionary War. [Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law , 3rd ed. (New York: Touchstone,… …   Wikipedia