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remedy
pl: -dies
: the means to enforce a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong: the relief (as damages, restitution, specific performance, or an injunction) that may be given or ordered by a court or other tribunal for a wrong
Example: if the contract is null and void, the {h,1}remedy is to rescind and to put the parties in the position in which they were prior to the attempted agreement -- First Nat'l Mortgage Corp. v. The Manhattan Life Ins. Co., 360 So. 2d 264 (1978)
Example: specific performance and other equitable remedies

 

 

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