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recompensation|rɪˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən|
[a. OF. recompensacion (13th c.):—late L. recompensātiōn-em (6–7th c.), n. of action f. recompensāre to recompense. Cf. compensation.]
†1. = recompense n. in various senses. Obs. (Common in 15th c.)
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. iv. 101 (Camb. MS.) For the recompensacyon [L. compensatio] for to geten hem bownte and prowesse which þat they han lost. 1450–4Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 119 Ye will ordeine and see unto the recompensacion of the same oure cousyn. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxxvi. 274 He..dyd to the sayd Henry recompensacion, in yeldynge vnto hym y⊇ cytie of Carlell. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 353 It is not that reward,..but is all one, as if it shuld be called a recompensation. 1651Raleigh's Ghost 300 The which remunerations and recompensations, seeing they are not ever payed in this life,..are to be reserved for the life to come. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 61 The Court..order'd old Mugnoz to be kept close Prisoner..till he made full Restitution or Recompensation to his..Son.
†b. In phr. in (some, etc.) recompensation of.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame ii. 157 In somme recompensacion Of labour and deuocion That thou hast had. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 16901 In Recompensacion off the grete benefetys which thow hast Receyved ffor Synnerys. 1533Bellenden Livy i. xxii. (S.T.S.) I. 128 He was slane in recompensacion of þe grete murdir and slauchter made be him afore. 1562Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 200 To my doughter..xxxl in full recompensacion off her childes porcion. c1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 114 His son..in recompensatioun thairof was maid Earle of Caitnes.
2. Sc. Law. In actions for debt, a counter-plea of compensation raised by a pursuer to meet the defender's plea of compensation.
1681Stair Institutes i. xviii. §6 Compensation is sometimes elided by recompensation, which doth but seldom occur, and hath not been distinctly determined as to the several cases in which it may occur. a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iii iv. §19 A pursuer..may if the defender should plead any ground of compensation, elide his defence by pleading recompensation upon that separate debt. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 1855Scots Law Rep. XVII. D. 739 The judicial factor in obtaining authority from the surviving partner was entitled to plead recompensation against the counter claims of the defenders. |