- compensatio criminis
- /kdmpanseysh(iy)ow krimsnss/ (Set-off of crime or guilt). The compensation or set-off of one crime against another; the plea or defense of recrimination in a suit for a divorce; that is, that the complainant is guilty of the same kind of offense with which the respondent is charged
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.