redress – the means of seeking relief or remedy:

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redress:
n. (14c)

1. Relief; remedy < money damages, as opposed to equitable relief, is the only redress available>.

2. A means of seeking relief or remedy <if the statute of limitations has run, the plaintiff is without redress>. — redressable, adj. — redress, vb. [1]

1. Remedy.  Compensation; reparation. [2]

1. Satisfaction with respect to an injury or other wrong.  It may take the form of damages or equitable relief.

 verb: 1. To right a wrong; to rectify an abuse; to remedy an injury. [3]
Various Types of Redress:
penal redress – (1874) A form of penal liability requiring full compensation of the injured person as an instrument for punishing the offender; compensation paid to the injured person for the full value of the loss (an amount that may far exceed the wrongdoer’s benefit).
     See RESTITUTION.
restitutionary redress – (1970) Money paid to one who has been injured, the amount being the pecuniary value of the benefit to the wrongdoer.
See RESTITUTION. [2]

References:

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4

[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949).  Edited by William S. Anderson.  © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.  Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931

[3]:  Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949).  Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.  ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.

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