diol m (plural diols) (organic chemistry) diol; Further reading âdiolâ in le TrÃ©sor de la langue franÃ§aise informatisÃ© (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Noun. 1. law of diminishing returns-a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness. law of nature, law-a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; the laws of thermodynamics. 1  Facebook.
The law of restitution is the law of gains-based recovery. It is to be contrasted with the law of compensation, which is the law of loss-based recovery. When a court orders restitution it orders the defendant to give up his/her gains to the claimant. When a court orders compensation it orders the defendant to pay the claimant for his or her loss. American Jurisprudence 2d edition notes: The word restitution was used in the earlier common law to denote the return or restoration of a specific th