Legal Definitions - adrectare

adrectare (ad-rek-tair-ee), verb. [Law Latin] Historically, to do what is right; to satisfy.

• After the dispute was settled, the parties involved were able to adrectare each other and move on.
• The judge ordered the defendant to pay restitution to adrectare the victim.

These examples illustrate how adrectare is used to describe doing what is right or satisfying an obligation. In the first example, the parties involved were able to resolve their dispute and do what was right by each other. In the second example, the defendant was ordered to pay restitution to satisfy their obligation to the victim.