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A reward for services; remuneration for goods or other property. 2. In maritime law there is a distinction between recompense and restitution. When goods have been lost by jettison, if at any subsequent period of the voyage the remainder of the cargo be lost, the owner of the goods lost by jettison cannot claim restitution from the owners of the other goods; but in the case of … [Read more...] about RECOMPENSE

The process of listing and maintaining records of financial transactions. … [Read more...] about RECORD KEEPING

In practice. Defalcation or discount from a demand. A keeping back something which is due, because there is an equitable reason to withhold it Tomlins. Recoupment ia a right of the defendant to have a deduction from the amount of the plaintiff's damages, for the reason that the plaintiff has not complied with the cross-obligations or independent covenants arising under the same … [Read more...] about RECOUPMENT

This phrase, is applied to the matter recovered in a common recovery, after the vouchee has disappeared, and judgment is given for the demandant. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2093. … [Read more...] about RECOMPENSE OF RECOVERY IN VALUE

Publicly taking note or acknowledging the claim of another person with regard to real estate, such as the filing and recording of a deed. … [Read more...] about RECORD NOTICE