punitive act

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• 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

• Punitive Acts — Actes intolérables Actes intolérables Titre Coercive Acts (Actes coercitifs) ou Punitive Acts (Actes punitifs) Pays  Royaume Uni Type Loi du Parlement (Royaume Uni) …   Wikipédia en Français

• Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601 — Old Poor Law redirects here. For the Old Poor Law which existed in Scotland between 1574 1845, see Old Scottish Poor Law. The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601, popularly known as the Elizabethan Poor Law , 43rd Elizabeth [1] or the Old Poor… …   Wikipedia

• punitive damages — Law. damages awarded to a plaintiff in excess of compensatory damages in order to punish the defendant for a reckless or willful act. Also called exemplary damages. Cf. compensatory damages. [1970 75] * * * …   Universalium

• punitive damages — pu′nitive dam′ages n. pl. law damages awarded a plaintiff in addition to compensatory damages in order to punish the defendant for a reckless or willful act • Etymology: 1970–75 …   From formal English to slang

• punitive damages — Damages which are allowed as an enhancement of compensatory damages because of the wanton, reckless, malicious, or oppressive character of the acts of which the plaintiff complains. 22 Am J2d Damg § 236. Damages awarded to punish the defendant… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act — International opposition to apartheid in South Africa Campaigns Academic boycott · Sporting boycott Disinvestment ·Constructive engagement Instruments and legislation …   Wikipedia

• No Child Left Behind Act — President Bush signing the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act at Hamilton H.S. in Hamilton, Ohio. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 …   Wikipedia

• International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 — The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292, as amended by Public Law 106–55, Public Law 106–113, Public Law 107–228, Public Law 108–332, and Public Law 108–458) [cite web|url=http://www.uscirf.gov/about/authorizinglegislat… …   Wikipedia

• Criminal Tribes Act — A Government of Bengal, CID pamphlet, on Gobinda Doms Gang, under the Criminal Tribes Act (VI of 1924), dated 1942.[1] The term Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) applies to various successiv …   Wikipedia

• Equal Credit Opportunity Act — The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at usc|15|1691 et seq.), enacted in 1974, that makes it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant, with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction,… …   Wikipedia