restituendo

Restituendo is a Portuguese term that is usually understood as the gerund form of the verb restituir, which means to return, restore, or reinstate something to its original owner, state, or condition. In contemporary normative Portuguese, the standard gerund for restituir is restituindo; the form “restituendo” is less common and is often regarded as a nonstandard variant or as found in certain dialects or older texts.

Related to this form is the noun restituição, which denotes the act or result of returning something that was taken or restoring a right, situation, or property. Restituição is widely used across legal, administrative, and everyday contexts to describe refunds, reimbursements, or the restoration of goods or rights.

In legal and public administration contexts, restituição commonly refers to restoring ownership or funds after an error, dispute, or improper transaction. Examples include the restituição of assets following a court decision, the restituição de valores pagos indevidamente (refund of wrongly paid amounts), or the restoration of a property to its rightful owner after a dispute.

In finance and consumer protection, restituição is a frequent term in discussions of refunds, overcharges, or errors in billing, where a party is entitled to have funds returned or to be compensated. The concept also appears in moral or restorative justice discussions, where restitution involves compensating or returning what was lost to an affected party.

Overall, restituição and its related forms describe the broad idea of returning, restoring, or compensating, with restituição serving as the common noun for such acts.