1. The remuneration that judges receive for their work. [Cases: Judges 22. C.J.S. Judges § 75.]
2. Civil law. A court’s judgment finding that two parties are mutually obligated to one another and crafting the amount of the judgment in accordance with the amount that each party owes. • A claim for compensation is usu. contained in a reconventional demand. La. Code Civ. Proc. 1902. See reconventional demand under DEMAND (1). [Cases: Set-off and Counterclaim
8. C.J.S. Set-off and Counterclaim §§ 3, 6.]