recompense or recovery in value

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recompense or recovery in value - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  RECOMPENSE OR RECOVERY IN VALUE. This phrase, is applied to the matter 
  recovered in a common recovery, after the vouchee has disappeared, and 
  judgment is given for the demandant. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2093.