Dictionary entry

Recompensation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐com′pen‐sa″tion (r?‐k?m′p?n‐s?″sh?n), n. [Cf. LL. recompensatio.] 1. Recompense.

2. (Scots Law) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.