a. [ L. remedialis. ] Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil;
Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a remedial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]