remitt

n. 1. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) One to whom a remittance is sent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. rémittent. ] Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who remits. Specifically: (a) One who pardons. (b) One who makes remittance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., (it) is remitted. ] (Law) (a) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. (b) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]