remittitur

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remittitur - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remittitur \Re*mit"ti*tur\ (-t?-t?r), n. [L., (it) is remitted.]
     (Law)
        (a) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being
            a remission of excess of damages.
        (b) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a
            superior to an inferior court. --Wharton.
            [1913 Webster]