Lat. In the civil law. Restoration or restitution to the previous condition. This was effected by the pnetor on equitable grounds, at the pray-er of an injured party, by rescinding or an-nulling a contract or transaction valid by the strict law, or annulling a change in the legal conditlon produced by an omlsslon, and re-storing the parties to their previous situation or legal relations. Dig. 4, 1; Mackeld. Rom. Law, $ 220
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
