Remittitur \Re*mit"ti*tur\ (-t?-t?r), 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)