compensation for damages

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• DAMAGES — Assessment In Jewish law, once the tortfeasor s liability for the damage has been established and he is ordered to compensate for the loss, the measure of damages requires determination. This is done by assessing the market price of the damaged… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• compensation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ partial, small ▪ adequate, sufficient ▪ appropriate, fair, just …   Collocations dictionary

• compensation principle — theory that an economic policy is desirable if it is beneficial to some of the population and enables compensation for damages that result …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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

• compensation — com·pen·sa·tion /ˌkäm pən sā shən/ n 1: the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: the ending of mutual obligations between two people for money or quantities of fungible things usu. by operation of law but sometimes by an agreement …   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

• Compensation culture — describes a society in which it is acceptable for anyone who has suffered a personal injury to seek compensatory damages through litigation from someone connected with the injury. The term is especially used to describe the legal climate with… …   Wikipedia

• damages, punitive — n. Damages over and above compensation for actual injury, intended to punish the wrongdoer for malicious conduct; also called exemplary damages The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell …   Law dictionary

• damages — n. (Law) a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong. Syn: amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Damages (Jewish law) — Part of a series on …   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