REDRESS

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.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).

restitutionary redress.Money paid to one who has been injured, the amount being the

pecuniary value of the benefit to the wrongdoer. See RESTITUTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]