restitutionn.
/ˌrɛstᵻˈtjuːʃn/, /ˌrɛstᵻˈtʃuːʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛstəˈt(j)uʃ(ə)n/ 1.
a. The action of restoring or giving back something to its proper owner, or of making reparation to a person for loss or injury previously inflicted; restoration of a thing lost, taken, damaged, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > [noun]
restitutiona1325
restoringa1382
restorance1389
restaurancea1400
restorec1400
reddition1449
relivery1463
restorementa1500
restorative?c1500
redeliverya1513
rendering1523
return1534
redeliverance1535
rembursement1579
retribution1583
restoration1608
restoral1611
repetition1649
returnal1651
rendition1652
regift1658
retradition1875
kickback1932
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 46 Þerfore ne sal noȝt þe assise ben bileued, ne þe iugement ope restitucion of the tenement ant of damages.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 128 Þe nombre of fifty..tokeneþ forȝeuenes of dette and restitucioun [L. restitutionem] of heritage þat was I-lost.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27279 (MED) Vsand oþer weght or mette Again þe lagh in land es sett..For slikin suik agh wit resun Be mad of restituciun [Fairf. sulde men make restitucioun].
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 110 (MED) Restitucioun of fame to be doon to a man aȝens diffame is ful hard, and myche hardir than is restitucioun of worldli good.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. v. f. lxv This tree, that felyth hyr seluen wronged by spoylyng of hyr fruyt and asketh restitucion shal fyrst haue audyence to make hyr compleynt.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 21 For the recovere and restitucion of the same dett damages and costis the pleyntif..may..sue an Accion of Dett.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxxv Euer the Frenche Ambassadours promised restitucion of euery thyng, but none was restored.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 118 Many a Pound of mine owne proper store..Haue I dis-pursed to the Garrisons, And neuer ask'd for restitution . View more context for this quotation
1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron v. viii. 250 Restitution in identitie, was and is principally required.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (1693) i. vii. 61 Restitution of things belonging to Others, may seem to be an Effect of Property.
1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 249 He was advis'd to Restitution, but I never heard that he comply'd with it.
1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. viii A death-bed repentance seldom reaches to restitution.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. 337 The three..important points on which the Athenians felt themselves aggrieved: the restitution of Amphipolis [etc.].
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. i. ix. 106 He had been promised restitution of his property, but it had been given back to him in ruins.
1950 E. H. Erikson Childhood & Society i. 29 As long as there is a sense of blame, there are also irrational attempts at restitution for the damage done.
1993 Archit. Rev. Jan. 29/1 The German government is committed to the principle of restitution and has said that it will restore land and property to those who lost it through confiscation by the Nazis before the war.
b. An act of restoring something taken from another person.
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the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > [noun] > instance of
restitution1442
1442 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §29. m. 4 Alle restitucions of londez..made by yow.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 32 (MED) He was delyverd of þat horrible vision & liffid after many day & made a restitucion & become a gude ma[n].
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 2601 [They] Sulde haf..ful restitucionys Off landis and al possessionnys, Þat þaris was befor þan.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 15 He calls me to a restitution large, For Gold and Iewells, that I bobd from him, As gifts to Desdemona. View more context for this quotation
1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 58 It will be asked with how manifold restitutions should picking a pocket (for example) be punished?
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. x. 180 David passes Sentence..that there should be a four-fold Restitution made.
a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) i. 40 To procure a restitution of some towns on the German frontier.
1884 A. T. Brook tr. A. Gindely Hist. Thirty Years War II. x. 380 It was provided that the various restitutions of land and people should take place within three periods which had been fixed for the discharge of soldiers.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 450/2 Of the provisions of the treaty..the most important were those stipulating for (1) a general restitution of conquests, [etc.].
1987 D. Hall Seasons at Eagle Pond i. 5 By March it will only bring the grumps, but November snow is revenance, a dreamy restitution of childhood or even infancy.
2007 J. Priban in P. De Greiff & A. Mayer-Rieckh Justice as Prevention viii. 323 Restitutions of Jewish property (of both physical and moral persons) confiscated during the 1939-45 Nazi occupation were implemented by a special set of laws.
2. † b. Correction of an error. Obsolete. rare.
a. The action or an act of restoring a thing or institution to its original state or form; (Theology) God's final restoration of the world to its original perfection (esp. in restitution of all things, with reference to Acts 3:21).
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to original state
restitutionc1384
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds iii. 21 Jhesu Crist..it bihoueth heuene for to resceyue, til into the tyme of restitucioun of alle thingis [L. restitutionis omnium].
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 1522 (MED) Off his arm, afftir this vengaunce, Ther was anon maad restitucioun.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 6902 (MED) Folk dyde hyr peyne..To make Restytucyoun, By ther dyllygent labour [Fr. De toutes ces erreurs oster Et la beaulte restituer], Off that was broke by ther Errour.
1549 T. Hoby tr. M. Bucer Gratulation (title page) The Gratulation of the mooste famous Clerke M. Martin Bucer..vnto the churche of Englande for the restitucion of Christes religion.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 44 Nehemias,..gaue thankes vnto the Lord..for restitution of religion.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence Pref. Ep. A new woork vnder the name of A restitution of decayed intelligence, in antiquities concerning our nation.
1659 J. Harrington Art of Law-giving iii. i. 52 We finde in the restitution of the Sanhedrim by Jehoshaphat, that there was Amariah, chief in all matters of the Lord.
1687 Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Test. 10 May At the great day of the restitution of all things in and through..Jesus Christ.
1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 479/1 It will not be at rest,..till it be restored to its original equality; and this restitution cannot be made through the substance of the glass.
1781 E. Winchester Seed of Woman 35 Proving to a Demonstration the Doctrine of the Restitution of all Things to their first State of Perfection.
1860 J. Brown Let. 15 Aug. in J. Cairns Mem. J. Brown 415 They two saw her open her..true eyes.., and..close them till the time of the restitution of all things.
1867 A. J. Jukes Second Death (1869) 106 I have thus noticed what Reason is supposed to say against the doctrine of final restitution.
1922 A. L. Guérard Short Hist. Internat. Lang. Movement ii. vi. 139 The restitution of international c wherever it had been replaced by s or k greatly improved the appearance of the language.
1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy xi. 171 Miserably, he longed for his wife, and the restitution of their life together.
1992 Raritan Summer 123 Nature was conceived as originally human, inextricably bound up thereby with the Fall of Man and consequently in need of the divine restitution promised by the Gospels.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun]
rightingOE
mendmentc1300
amendment1340
correction1340
amendinga1382
mendinga1400
rectificationa1400
mendnessa1425
redress1448
addressment1481
redressa1529
remedying1547
redub1549
restauration1560
correcting1580
rightening1583
emendation1586
restitution1636
cure1675
reform1700
readjustment1749
remediation1794
redressal1800
redressment1822
1636 J. Mellis Record's Ground of Artes 330 I will give you a Table for the restitution of those errours, as may suffice for this present time.
3. The action or an act of restoring a person or people to a previous status or position; the fact of being restored or reinstated in this way; (also) a document authorizing such restoration.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [noun]
restitutiona1387
restoration?a1500
restauration1548
re-entry1566
reintegration1573
redintegration1604
restorement1618
reinvestiturea1645
reparationa1652
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement
restitutiona1387
repossession1533
restauration1548
reposition1559
reinstalment1602
renstall1630
restoration1660
reinstation1686
rehabilitation1831
reinstatement1880
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement > document authorizing
restitution1621
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 163 (MED) He hadde lettres of þe pope to þe kynges of Engelond to his restitucioun.
c1475 Mankind (1969) 17 (MED) I haue be þe very mene for yowr restytucyon.
1485–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 1st Roll §35. m. 27 The acte of restitucion of the seid late viscount, made or to be made in this present parliament.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 28 §1 The restitucions and enhablements of the seid persones.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 278 The restitution of the Englishe bloude to the crowne.
1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem 138 The effect of this his restitution to his reason.
1621 Abp. J. Williams in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 169 Soe I may be restored to my temporalities..if his Majestie will be pleased to signe this restitution.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westm. 238 His piety and Patience were rewarded by God, with a happy restitution to his undoubted Dominions.
1703 D. Defoe Poor Man's Plea Misc. 291 After the Restitution of King Charles the Second.
1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 637/1 A peremptory mandamus, or writ of restitution.
1855 C. A. Lorenz tr. D. Van der Keessel Sel. Theses dcccxxix A debtor who has become impoverished by mere change of fortunes, and has not acted fraudulently, is discharged from all liability, and restituted, provided one half of the creditors to whom a half of the debt is due consent to such restitution.
1899 Dict. National Biogr. LVII. 364/2 He brought a suit against Goodman for his restitution to the deanery of Wells,..and he was restored by royal order on 18 June 1560.
1974 Speculum 49 539 Remigius had sent a priest guilty of homicide to Gregory. Gregory prohibited his restitution to office, since he would not contradict the canonical statutes.
1993 A. Wildavsky Assimilation versus Separation 60 Joseph's valuable services for..the butler—preparing him for restitution to his former position by correctly interpreting his dream—are met with imprisonment.
4. Reparation of hurt, loss, injury, etc.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss
rightingOE
amendsa1393
restitution1395
reformation1405
reparation1405
redress1448
restaurationa1513
reparating1517
dress1549
refoundiment1555
reparelment1584
resarciation?1609
repair1612
redressment1643
retrievinga1680
redressing1712
Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 146 (MED) It semeth it wolde lette moche restitucioun of extorcions, theftis, and othere wrongis.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 5260 Ȝe wil make restitucioun Of þe harmys and þe violencis..By Paris wrouȝt.
1458 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 223 (MED) Of alle the mevable goodes..non legat..to make playn restitucon and dieu satisfaccon of any extorcion or injuriez doone by the said Sir Thomas.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 156 How the Grekys sent two Kinges in Message to Kyng Priam ffor Restitucion of þaire harme.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey (1637) 85 The English consull of Aleppo is absolute of himselfe..whose chiefe employment is..to labour a revenge of wrongs, and a restitution of losses.
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iii. iv. §9 An adulterous person is tyed to restitution of the injury, so far as it is reparable.
1808 E. W. Brayley Beauties of Eng. & Wales VIII. 802 60,000 of the 100,000 marks which John had agreed to pay in restitution of the injuries sustained by ecclesiastics, were remitted.
1875 Good Words 16 851/2 That mystery of love..requires full restitution of every injury, and has faith to receive its dead again.
1913 Pedagogical Seminary Sept. 346 The suffering of the guilty conscience is intense. Peace comes back only after strenuous efforts for the restitution of the wrong.
2000 M. Leifer Asian Nationalism ii. 28 By placing the emphasis on how China had been victimised.., and on its entitlement to restitution of past wrongs,..these leaders also hoped to build a sense of national unity.
5. † a. Restoration or return of something to its normal position; an instance of this. Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > restoring to previous position
restitution1578
replacing1630
re-emplacement1693
recover1818
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man ii. f. 40 (margin) The Luxation of the shoulder hath difficulte restitution.
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall i. 2 If Adam were made out of an extract of the Earth, all parts might challenge a restitution.
?1788 New Royal Cycl. I Anaplasis, in surgery, the complete restitution of a bone, by causing the two ends to meet, and close exactly together.
1849 Charleston Med. Jrnl. & Rev. 4 589 The application of the cupping instruments two or three times..completely and easily effected entire restitution of the bone to its natural position.
b. The action of resuming or tendency to resume a previous shape or position by virtue of elasticity or resilience. Now chiefly in coefficient of restitution (see coefficient n. 2b).
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > elasticity
restitution1656
tensility1659
springiness1662
spring power1662
elasticity1664
bearing1674
spring1683
resiliency1712
resilience1807
1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxviii. 356 When any thing is bent (as a plate of steel), and..restores it self again, it is evident that the cause of its restitution cannot be referred to the ambient aire.
1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mechanicall: 1st Pt. xvi. 50 The cause of the Motion of Restitution in Bodies, and consequently of that which makes some of them Springy.
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iv. §2 That so their Roots may yield to Stones, and their Trunks to the Wind, or other force, with a power of Restitution.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Contraction being the proper and natural Action of muscular Fibres, some Authors ascribe Dilatation to a Motion of Restitution.
1865 Tait & Steele Dynamics of Particle (ed. 2) x. §271. 288 The coefficient of proportionality..may be conveniently termed the Coefficient of Restitution.
1884 A. Daniell Text-bk. Princ. Physics 237 At the moment of complete restitution the energy possessed by the body (if perfectly elastic) has wholly assumed the kinetic form.
1935 A. H. G. Palmer & K. S. Snell Mechanics x. 215 If e is the coefficient of restitution, what further time elapses before the next impact?
1995 Nature 2 Mar. 11/3 The results are quite different when collisions between the particles are elastic (or the coefficient of restitution is equal to unity).
c. Obstetrics. The rotation of the head of the fetus that occurs immediately after it passes through the mother's vulva, restoring the normal (forward-facing) alignment of the fetal head and shoulders.
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1831 C. D. Meigs tr. A. A. L. M. Velpeau Elem. Treat. Midwifery v. 294 In one word, the occiput turns towards the left groin, while the chin is directed towards the opposite sub-iliac space, and the title of act of restitution has been given to this rotation.
1849 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 4 502 The mechanism of the different cranial positions..is divided, after the manner of the French, into a series movements of the fœtal head, viz. flexion, rotation, extension, and restitution.
1892 Lancet 6 Feb. 397/1 The head is kept in this constant state of twist until after delivery, when untwisting or ‘restitution’ takes place.
1962 S. Kitzinger Experience of Childbirth ii. 39 The baby's head slips out and then it starts to turn to come into line with the shoulders which are still inside... This is called ‘external rotation’ or ‘restitution’.
1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) xxi. 346 Restitution takes place and the occiput turns one-eighth of a circle to the right.
2010 C. R. B. Beckmann et al. Obstetr. & Gynecol. (ed. 6) viii. 95/2 External rotation occurs after delivery of the head as the head rotates to ‘face forward’ relative to its shoulders. This is known as restitution, followed rapidly by delivery of the body, expulsion.
6. Numismatics. (a) A commemorative coin issued by a Roman emperor in the name of a previous emperor. (b) A papal medal issued in the name of a previous pope to fill a gap in the series. (c) A medal imitated with slight alterations from a previous medal to portray or commemorate a different person or event.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman > honouring emperor predecessors
restitution1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Titus, after the Example of his Father, struck Restitutions of most of his Predecessors. Gallian struck a general Restitution of all the preceding Emperors in two Medals.
1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. xxiv. 327 Such restitutions, by Titus and his two immediate successors, were of bronze.
1891 Numismatic Chron. 11 419 These medals, formerly supposed to be later restitutions, are here proved to be of the time, and to be, therefore, the earliest Italian medals.
1904 Mrs. G. W. Hamilton tr. C. von Fabriczy Ital. Medals i. i. 10 The long-continued dispute as to whether these medals..were original and contemporary strikings, or merely restitutions—that is, pieces made at a later time but after the earlier style—has lately been finally decided.
1991 J. G. Bernstein in M. Rossi & A. Rovetta Studi di Storia dell'arte in onore di M. L. Gatti Perer 125 Hill called the medal a restitution..but G. Boccolari..dates it ca. 1460.
7. Genetics. The rejoining of the two parts of a broken chromosome or chromatid, esp. as a means of chromosomal repair. Also: the resulting chromosome or chromatid.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > chromosome > ability to cause breaks in > re-formation of broken chromosome
restitution1941
1941 C. D. Darlington & M. B. Upcott in Jrnl. Genetics 41 299 When a chromosome is broken, the two parts may rejoin as they were before. This is the principle of restitution now generally accepted.
1945 Jrnl. Genetics 47 11 On this view it appears likely that lethals not apparently associated with any chromosome change are restitutions.
1980 R. P. Wagner et al. Introd. Mod. Genetics x. 273/1 When a chromosome breaks, the two broken ends usually undergo restitution.
2000 Radiation Res. 154 87 The progress of postirradiation structural restitution at the sites of radiation-induced chromatin instabilities.
Phrases
P1. In sense 1.
a. to make restitution. [After Anglo-Norman and Middle French faire restitution (1268 or earlier).]
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the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back or make restitution [verb (intransitive)]
restorec1325
to make restitutiona1400
restituec1400
render1513
restitute1657
to kick back1926
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 27279 For suche kin þing with gode resoun sulde men make restitucioun.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 277 (MED) I can þe nouȝte assoille Til þow make restitucioun and rekne with hem alle.
c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 229 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 200 (MED) My dewtees I did alwey delaye..Made in my liff no restitucioun.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clx. f. lxxxixv He shulde..make restitucion of all thynges that he before had takyn from the Churche.
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Dv Thou must..make restitucyon to thy power.
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxii. 5 Of the best of his owne vineyard shall he make restitution . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 28 Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience, he makes restitution . View more context for this quotation
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. v. 23, 24 Go presently and make restitution.
a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. 39 They had wronged her.., therefore they ought to make her restitution.
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iv. 428 It is a relevant defence, that the defender..made voluntary restitution..of the goods spuilzied.
1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. ix. 345 The Spartan, instead of making restitution, took away the life of his companion.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 56 Though their tenure might be changed and the restitution not made without a price paid to the new lord.
1914 Z. Grey Rustlers of Pecos County xiv. 225 Sampson had made restitution in every case where he had personally gained at the loss of farmer or rancher.
1987 M. Flanagan Trust xxv. 238 For this act of vandalism you will make restitution.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Nov. iii. 5/1 Google is reluctant to make restitution to [Internet] advertisers who claim to have been victimized by fraudulent and often malicious clickers.
b. Law. restitution of conjugal rights: judicial restoration of conjugal rights in a suit brought by one party in a marriage against the other.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > other types of action
mort d'ancestora1325
trespass on the case1429
action of detinue1467
mortancestry1471
replevin1515
non-finding1525
nisi prius1533
faint action1542
interpleadera1558
improbationc1575
assize1577
assumpsit1586
transitory action1594
trover1594
suit of the King's peace1607
detinuea1626
quia timet1628
choke-baila1637
reprobator1672
spulyie1678
petitory action1681
proprium1695
restitution of conjugal rights1720
amicable suit1768
noxal action1774
real action1818
witness action1892
class suit1894
non-jury1897
foreclosure action1905
class action1910
derivative action1934
paternity suit1945
1720 T. Wood Inst. Laws Eng. II. 861 Jactitation of Marriage, Divorces, Alimony, Restitution of Conjugal Rights, Subtraction of Tithes, Right of Tithes or of a Modus Decimandi.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 94 The suit for restitution of conjugal rights is..another species of matrimonial causes: which is brought whenever either the husband or wife is guilty of the injury of subtraction, or lives separate from the other without any sufficient reason.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xii. 73 Restitution of conjugal rights may be granted by the Court.
1940 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 22 34 A further provision abolishes the remedy of attachment in the case of a decree for restitution of conjugal rights.
2001 Columbia Law Rev. 101 1205 The British had imported into India the English legal practice of recognizing claims for the restitution of conjugal rights.
P2. In sense 3.
restitution in blood: the readmission of an attainted person to forfeited privileges of birth and rank, civil rights, etc. Cf. blood n. Phrases 2d. Now historical.
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society > law > legal right > resumption or restoration of rights > [noun] > restoring to a right or position > specific
restitution in blood1583
1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1475/2 Cardinall Poole landed at Douer vpon the Wednesday being the xxi. day of Nouember, on which day one Act passed in the parliament for his restitution in bloud.
a1633 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1648) iii. 240 Of restitutions by Parliament some be in blood onely... And some be generall restitutions.
1666 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. 103 A bill was ordered..for the restitution in blood of Edward Seimour, son and heir of the late duke, attainted.
1675 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. I. 171/1 But, after execution thus done upon this Duke..though there then passed an Act for his Attainder; yet there was likewise an Act for the restitution in blood of Henry his eldest Son.
1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. III. 293 Two private Bills were also passed in this Session; the one, for the Restitution, in Blood, of the Lady Gertrude Courtney, Widow to Henry Courtney, late Marquess of Exeter.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxx. 385 Sometimes..the merits of the criminal's family shall after his death obtain a restitution in blood, honours, and estate, or some, or one of them, by act of parliament.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 43 Bills for reversal of attainder and for restitution in blood.
1891 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. IV. 267 The first bill was for the restitution in blood of Cardinal Pole: which was passed with convenient speed.
1922 C. C. Stopes Life of Henry xviii. 266 On the 16th James granted Southampton a special pardon, with restitution in blood to him and his heirs, and restitution of titles, lands and property of all kinds.
1991 Eng. Hist. Rev. 106 397 Most of Sir Geoffrey's study is therefore devoted to the legislative process and its results..ranging from the safety and government of the realm to the private concerns of restitution in blood.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (in sense 6) as restitution coin, restitution medal.
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1901 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. Dec. 5016 Restitution coins are those which, after a more or less considerable interval alter their first issue, were restruck by another Emperor who, reproducing more or less faithfully the prototype, added to it his own name followed by the abbreviation rest', or more rarely the whole word restitvit.
1906 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. Dec. 9521 The puncheon of the bust of Henry II. (1558) was used for a restitution medal.
1973 Art Bull. 55 391/2 A restitution medal of Giuliano was being cast about the very time that Michelangelo was carving his statue.
2003 W. G. Sayles Anc. Coin Collecting (ed. 2) 41 There are many other indicators which tell us that coins were ‘collected’ in ancient times. One of the more obvious of these are so-called ‘restitution’ coins.
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restitution nucleus n. [after German Restitutionskern (O. Rosenberg 1927, in Hereditas 8 321)] Genetics a cell nucleus having twice the regular chromosome number, formed by an uncompleted mitotic or meiotic cell division.
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1927 Hereditas 8 336 The semiheterotypic meta- and anaphase very often are not completed, but are interrupted by a premature homotypic division, whereby Restitution-nuclei are formed.
1950 Adv. Genetics 3 197 The zygoid chromosome number is restored through the fusion of two azygoid nuclei, the formation of a restitution nucleus or endomitosis.
1974 Euphytica 23 631 The diploid chromosome numbers..may result either from first or second division restitution nuclei of meiosis.
1993 Cell Biol. Internat. 17 945 In these cells the diplochromosomes were shown to originate from restitution nuclei.
2008 T. F. Stuessy Plant Taxon. (ed. 2) xvii. 220/1 The broad differences..between diplospory (unreduced embryo sac coming from a generative cell by mitosis or modified meiosis to yield an unreduced restitution nucleus) and apospory.
restitution suit n. Law a suit for restitution of conjugal rights.
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1863 M. C. M. Swabey & T. H. Tristram Rep. Court Probate & Court for Divorce II. 677 Naylor v. Naylor, which was a restitution suit brought by the wife, in which her adultery was relied on by the husband.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 1/2 Whatever is an answer to a restitution suit is also a ground for judicial separation.
1999 Past & Present May 174 To prove just cause for leaving was no defence in a restitution suit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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