The way a right is enforced or an injury is redressed--most commonly by imposition of monetary damages. extraordinary remedy.A type of remedy that is not usually available, but that is used when it is shown that it is necessary in order to preserve one's rights. Writs of mandamus, prohibition,and habeas corpusare examples of such. provisional remedy. A temporary remedy that is incidental to a regular legal proceeding, but that is needed to preserve the claimant's rights or to keep same from s...