compensation order

British  

noun

1. (in Britain) the requirement of a court that an offender pay compensation for injury, loss, or damage resulting from an offence, either in preference to or as well as a fine

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Example Sentences

But instead a compensation order was put in place so any money would go back to the charities.

From BBC

Mitsubishi and another Japanese company, Nippon Steel, were previously given a similar compensation order by the South Korean court, but it was the first such ruling for Hitachi.

From Seattle Times

Judge David Farrell QC granted the compensation order with six months to pay.

From BBC

The compensation order came more than 15 years after the U.N. court ruled in a complex, 119-page judgment that fighting by Ugandan troops in Congo breached international law.

From Seattle Times

Later that year, an appeals court in The Hague overturned the lower court’s decision and reinstated the compensation order.

From Seattle Times