For Restitution we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Advocacy, Canadian Law, Juvenile Law, Law, Legal and Non-Profit Accountability.

Restitution (Advocacy)

Paying a person or group back for harm done.

Restitution (Canadian Law)

Under ancient English common law, when a party enforced a court judgement and then that judgement was overturned on appeal, the appellant could ask the appeal court for "restitution", or financial compensation placing that appellant in the same position as if the original legal decision had not been enforced. A new strain of common law has also developed called "restitution", closely associated with unjust enrichment, whereby a person is deprived of something of value belonging to them, can ask a court to order "restitution". The best example is asking a court to reverse or correct a payment made in error.

Restitution (Juvenile Law)

-A disposition requiring a defendant to pay damages to a victim. The law prohibits making restitution a condition of receiving probation. Poor families cannot be deprived of probation simply because they are too poor to afford restitution. Some states do not allow families to pay restitution.

Restitution (Law)

Act of restoring anything to its rightful owner; the act of restoring someone to an economic position he enjoyed before he suffered a loss.

Restitution (Legal)

Act of restoring anything to its rightful owner; the act of restoring someone to an economic position he enjoyed before he suffered a loss.

Restitution (Non-Profit Accountability)

Paying a person or group back for harm done.

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