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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
punitive damages — see damage 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. punitive damages … Law 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
punitive damages — ➔ damage1 * * * punitive damages UK US noun [plural] also US punitives) LAW ► an amount of money that someone who commits a crime has to pay, that is intended to be large enough to prevent them or others from committing similar crimes in the… … Financial and business terms
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
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
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
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 — noun a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury • Syn: ↑amends, ↑indemnity, ↑indemnification, ↑restitution, ↑redress • Derivationally related forms: ↑redress (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Punitive damages — (termed exemplary damages in the United Kingdom) are damages not awarded in order to compensate the plaintiff, but in order to reform or deter the defendant and similar persons from pursuing a course of action such as that which damaged the… … Wikipedia
