Restitution - Law Dictionary Search Results
Oxfild
Oxfild, a restitution anciently made by a hundred or county for any wrong done by one that was within the same,
Reparation
Reparation, is taken to mean the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and may take the form of compensation, the performance of some service or the return...
diversion
a charge for a period of time during which the defendant participates in a rehabilitation program or makes restitution and after which the charges are dismissed if the rehabilitation or restitution is completed compare probation di··ver·sion·ary [-vər-zhə-ner-ē,
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Orfgild
Orfgild [fr. orf, Sax., cattle, and gild, recompense], a delivery or restitution of cattle. But Lambarde says it is a restitution made by the hundred or county for any wrong
Conjugal rights
Conjugal rights, the right which husband and wife have to each other's society. The suit for restitution of conjugal rights is a matrimonial suit, cognizable in the Divorce court, which is brought whenever either the
Liable
Liable, means 'Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; chargeable; answerable; compellable to make satisfaction, compensation or restitution..... Obligated: accountable for or chargeable with. Condition of being bound to respond because a wrong has occurred. Condition
Matrimonial causes
85. 'Matrimonial cause' now means any action for divorce, nullity of marriage, judicial separation, jactitation of marriage or restitution of conjugal rights. (Judicature Act,1925, s. 225) See CONJUGAL RIGHTS; DIVORCE; NULLITY; ADULTERY; MARRIAGE; JUDICIAL SEPARATION; HUSBAND AND
Monstrans de droit
de droit (manifestation or plea of right), one of the two Common Law methods of obtaining possession or restitution from the Crown of either real or personal property, Bl. Com. 256. It was preferred either on the
Officious intermeddler
requested or having a legal duty to do so, and who therefore has no legal grounds to demand restitution for the benefit conferred, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1114.
Pawnbroker
a thief who has pawned the stolen property, an order can be made on the pawnbroker for its restitution upon payment of the loan; but if such order is not made on the application of the owner,
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