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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

The making amends for an injury done; the payment of a legal debt or demand; the discharging or canceling of a judgment or mortgage, by paying or by a seizing and selling of property to an equal amount. Satisfaction piece: a memorandum in writing, entitled in a cause, stating that satisfaction is acknowledged between the parties.