be awarded damages

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• damages — n. compensation 1) to award damages (the court awarded damages) 2) to claim; sue for damages 3) to pay; receive, recover damages 4) compensatory; exemplary, punitive; nominal damages 5) damages for * * * exemplary nominal damages punitive receive …   Combinatory dictionary

• Awarded — Award A*ward , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awarding}.] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wart[=e]n to watch, guard. See {Ward}.] To give by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• damages — I noun amends, compensation, costs, expenses, expiation, fine, indemnification, indemnity, injury, just compensation, legal costs, legal liability, loss, penalty, recompense, recovery, reimbursement, remuneration for injury suffered, reparation,… …   Law dictionary

• Damages, Assessment of — Damages are not assessed in an arbitrary fashion but are subject to various judicial guidelines. The general principle is that the claimant is entitled to full compensation for his or her losses. The purpose of damages in tort is to put the… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• damages Money —    awarded by a court to a plaintiff for injury or loss caused by the defendant. Types of damages include the following: compensatory damages, intended to make good or replace the loss suffered; consequential damages, when there is a breach of… …   Business law dictionary

• Damages (disambiguation) — Damages is the money paid or awarded to a claimant in a civil action. Damages may also refer to: Damages (Jewish law), a range of jurisprudential topics that roughly correspond in secular law to torts Damages (TV series), a legal drama Nezikin or …   Wikipedia

• damages — [plural] ► LAW money that a person or organization is ordered by a court of law to pay to another person or organization because they are responsible for harming them in some way: »They want the rival company to withdraw the product and pay… …   Financial and business terms

• damages, double or treble — n. Damages awarded in particular kinds of cases in which the court will award two or three times the amount awarded by the jury. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• damages — Cash compensation awarded by a Court to offset losses or suffering caused by another person s negligence or fault. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

• Damages — This article is about the law term. For the television series, see Damages (TV series). For other uses, see Damages (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… …   Black's law dictionary