Restitution
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
WRIT OF. In Common-Law Practice. A writ which lies, after the reversal of a judgment, to restore a party to all that he has lost by occasion of the judgment. 2 Tidd, Prac. 1186. In Criminal Practice. A wrtt which lay on conviction of an offense involving the asportation of property to compel the criminal to restore the same.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
WRIT OF. A writ which lies, after the reversal of a judgment, to restore a party to all that he has lost by occasion of the judgment. 2 Tidd, Pr. 118G. RESTITUTIONE EXTRACTI AB EC-