A form of penal liability requiring full compensation of the injured person as an instrument for punishing the offender; compensation paid to the injured person for the full value of the loss (an amount that may far exceed the wrongdoer’s benefit). See RESTITUTION(4).
Money paid to one who has been injured, the amount being the pecuniary value of the benefit to the wrongdoer. See RESTITUTION(2).
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redress (ri-dresorree-dres), n. 1. Relief; remedy (money damages, as opposed to equitable relief, is the only redress available). [Cases: Damages 1, 3. C.J.S. Damages §§ 1–2, 4–7.] 2. A means of seeking relief or remedy (if the statute of limitations has run, the plaintiff is without redress). — redressable, adj. — redress (ri-dres), vb. penal
redress of grievances 〈美〉表达不满 宪法规定的集会和请愿权利。集会群众要求立法机关修改法律、制定新法律或提出与政府的权力和职责有关的其他问题。
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petition for redress of grievances 表达不满的申请(→redress of grievances)
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remedial law. 1. A law providing a means to enforce rights or redress injuries. 2. A law passed to correct or modify an existing law; esp., a law that gives a party a new or different remedy when the existing remedy, if any, is inadequate. [Cases: Statutes 236. C.J.S. Statutes § 377.]
A violation of one’s constitutional rights by a government officer, redressable by a civil action filed directly against the officer. • A constitutional tort committed under color of state law (such as a civil-rights violation) is actionable under 42 USCA § 1983. — Sometimes (informally) shortened to contort. [Cases: Civil Rights 1304. C.J.S. Civil Rights
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remedial, adj. 1. Affording or providing a remedy; providing the means of obtaining redress (a remedial action). 2. Intended to correct, remove, or lessen a wrong, fault, or defect (a remedial statute). 3. Of or relating to a means of enforcing an existing substantive right (a remedial right).
remedies, n. The field of law dealing with the means of enforcing rights and redressing wrongs.