Legal Definition and Related Resources of Restitutio in integrum

Restoration to the original position. The remedy administered by Courts of equity in rescinding a contract or otherwise placing parties in their original position

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“Restitutio in Integrum” in Maritime Law

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The following is a definition of “Restitutio in Integrum”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: A latin term for “restoration in full”, referring to the civilian principle, also recognized at common law and frequently applied in admiralty law, requiring that the successful plaintiff be fully compensated by the final judgment of the court for all the losses and damages which the breach of contract or the commission of the tort or delict caused him. It requires that the victim of the breach of contract or the tort/delict be placed in the same position he was in before the harmful event occurred. In admiralty law, the principle has notably been applied to permit the awarding of damages for pure economic loss, the granting of judgments in foreign currency and the ordering of pre-judgment interest as an integral part of damages from the date of the casualty. See Tetley, M.C.C., 4 Ed., 2008 at p. 751, Tetley, Int’l C. of L., 1994 at pp. 719-721, 736-737, 741, 743, 752; Tetley, Int’l. M. & A. L., 2003 at pp. 97-98, 255.

Concept of “Restitutio In Integrum”

Traditional meaning of restitutio in integrum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Restitution to the original condition.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Restitutio In Integrum”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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