Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
Requitement — Re*quite ment ( ment), n. Requital [Obs.] E. Hall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
requitement — requiteˈment noun • • • Main Entry: ↑requite … Useful english dictionary
requite — requitable, adj. requitement, n. requiter, n. /ri kwuyt /, v.t., requited, requiting. 1. to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.). 2. to make retaliation for (a wrong, injury, etc.); avenge. 3. to make return to (a person … Universalium
contribution — con·tri·bu·tion n 1: payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable: as a: shared payment of a judgment by joint tortfeasors esp. according to proportional fault compare apportion a b: pro rata apportionment of loss among all the… … Law dictionary
indemnity — in·dem·ni·ty /in dem nə tē/ n pl ties 1 a: security against hurt, loss, or damage b: exemption from incurred penalties or liabilities 2 a: indemnification (1) b: something (as a payme … Law dictionary
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
satisfaction — sat·is·fac·tion n 1 a: the act or fact of satisfying b: execution of an accord by performance of the substituted obligation often used in the phrase accord and satisfaction compare accord 3, transaction 3 c … Law dictionary
indemnification — in·dem·ni·fi·ca·tion /in ˌdem ni fə kā shən/ n 1 a: the action of indemnifying b: the condition of being indemnified 2: indemnity (2b) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam W … Law dictionary
recompense — I noun amends, compensation, consideration, damages, defrayment, deserts, earnings, emolument, fee, gratuity, guerdon, income, indemnification, indemnity, meed, merces, payment, praemium, price, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redress,… … Law dictionary
trover — tro·ver / trō vər/ n [short for action of trover and conversion; Anglo French trover act of finding (alluding to goods lost by the plaintiff and found by the defendant), from trover to find, from Old French]: an action at common law to recover… … Law dictionary
