Compensatio
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
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, 89. 3 BL Com. 306. 1 Kamea' Equity, 395.