restoratoryadj.

1756 G. Harris tr. Justinian Institutions iv. xv. §1. 75 The restoratory interdicts [L. restitutoria], by which the prætor orders something to be restored, as the possession of goods to the universal successor, who has been kept out of possession by one, who had no right.

1786 J. Jay Rep. 13 Oct. in Diplomatic Corr. U.S. II. (1837) 595 It follows that the 4th article cannot be considered as restoratory, on the principle that the debts in question were lost by the silent operation of such laws.

1851 A. M. Burrill New Law Dict. & Gloss. II. 628/1 Those [interdicts] of the restoratory and exhibitory kind should properly be called decrees.

1916 S. H. Allen Evol. Govts. & Laws 1079 Interdicts..were mainly used in controversies concerning the restoration of property. They were divided into prohibitory, restoratory and exhibitory.

1996 C. Rickett in A. J. Oakley Trends in Contemp. Trust Law vii. 185 From this first factor, there followed the concentration on the ‘restitutionary’ or ‘restoratory’ character of the relief.

1834 J. P. Kay Physiol., Pathol., & Treatm. Asphyxia vi. 235 After immersion followed by insensibility, every moment is of the utmost value for the use of restoratory measures.

1875 Chem. News 19 Feb. 84/2 The total sum of azotised compounds existing in the world would suffer continual diminution if there were no restoratory process.

1917 H. L. Whale tr. P. Martinier & G. Lemerle Injuries of Face & Jaw p. xx Internal prosthesis by injections of paraffin is a restoratory method.

1973 E. Hartmann Functions of Sleep vii. 88 These results strongly suggest that there may be some anabolic restoratory function for sleep.

2004 Times (Nexis) 15 Nov. 14 I had to resort to a restoratory gin.