"Recompensation" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In Scotland, where a party sues for a debt, and the de-fendant pleads compensation, i. e., set-ofT, the plaintiff may allege a compensation on his part; and this is called a “recompensation.” BelL
Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by
the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
Recompense.
The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
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Lat. In the civU law. Compensation, or set-off. A proceeding re-8embling a set-off in the common law, being a claim …
Read the complete definitionTo gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to …
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