Compensatio
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil law. Compensation, or set-off. A proceeding resembling a set-off in the common law, being a claim on the part of the defendant to have an amount due to him from the plaintiff deducted from his demand.
Dig. 16, 2; Inst. 4, 6, 30, 39; 3 Bl. Comm. 305.