SATISDACTION

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SATISDACTION, civil law. This word is derived from the same root as 
  satisfaction; for, in the same manner that to fulfill the demand which is 
  made upon us, is called satisfaction, so satisdaction takes place when he 
  who demands something has agreed to receive sureties instead of the thing 
  itself. Dig. 2, 8, 1