compensation — com·pen·sa·tion /ˌkäm pən sā shən/ n 1: the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: the ending of mutual obligations between two people for money or quantities of fungible things usu. by operation of law but sometimes by an agreement … Law dictionary
recovery — re·cov·ery /ri kə və rē/ n pl er·ies 1: the act, process, or fact of recovering 2 a: the obtaining, getting back, or vindication of a right or property by judgment or decree; esp: the obtaining of damages b: an amount awarded by or collected as a … Law dictionary
compensation neurosis — a fixed preoccupation with real or imaginary disability following an industrial or civil injury, when there is a possibility of financial compensation. The condition tends to deprive the affected person of the motive to overcome the alleged… … Medical dictionary
recovery — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of returning to normal] Syn. reestablishment, resumption, restoration, reinstatement, rehabilitation, reconstruction, return, reformation, recreation, replacement, readjustment, improvement, improving, getting back… … English dictionary for students
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — Stimulus bill redirects here. For other uses, see Stimulus bill (disambiguation). ARRA redirects here. For other uses, see ARRA (disambiguation). American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Full title An act making supplemental appropriations… … Wikipedia
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board — The three member Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (VCGCB) is a state agency of the U.S. state of California that oversees the provision of compensation to victims of violent crime, the resolution of claims against state agencies,… … Wikipedia
Minamata disease compensation agreements of 1959 — Main article: Minamata disease The Minamata disease compensation agreements of 1959 were agreed between the polluting Chisso company and representative groups of fishermen and Minamata disease patients who had been affected by mercury pollution.… … Wikipedia
Just compensation — is required to be paid by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (and counterpart state constitutions) when private property is taken (or in some states, damaged) for public use. For reasons of expedience, courts have been generally using… … Wikipedia
Workers' compensation — (colloquially known as workers comp in North America or compo in Australia) a form of insurance that provides compensation medical care for employees who are injured in the course of employment, in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the… … Wikipedia
Carrier recovery — A carrier recovery system is a circuit used to estimate and compensate for frequency and phase differences between a received signal s carrier wave and the receiver s local oscillator for the purpose of coherent demodulation. Example of QPSK… … Wikipedia
