Compensatio
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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; 1 Kames, Eq. 395.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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In the civll 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.
— Compensatio criminis. (Set-off of crime or guilt.) In practice. The plea of recrimination in a suit for a divorce; that is, that the complainant is guilty of the same kind of offense with which the respondent is charged.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In the civil law. Compensation, ing resembling a set-oflf in the common law.
In practice. Compensatio criminis: set-oflf of of recrimination in a suit for a divorce, v.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
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.