restitutio in integrum
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Definitions from Case Law
From 75 U.S. 377 - The Baltimore · 1869Most cited · 359 citing opinions
Restitutio in integrum is the leading maxim in such cases, and where repairs are practicable the general rule followed by the admiralty courts in such cases is that the damages assessed against the respondent shall be sufficient to restore the injured vessel to the condition in which she was at the time the collision occurred
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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “restitutio in integrum” — 876 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
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Restitutio in integrum' is the leading maxim applied by admiralty courts to ascertain damages resulting from a collision