What (who) is damages - definition

LEGAL TERM FOR COMPENSATION AWARDED FOR LOSS OR INJURY

Money damages; Compensatory damages; Legal damages; General damages; Special damages; Nominal Damages; Monetary damages; Economic damages; Wenegeld; Nominal damages; Monetary relief; Actual damages; Pain, suffering and loss of amenity; Loss of companionship; Special damage; Civil damages; Physical and emotional damages; Measure of damages; Nominal damage; Contemptuous damages; Damages (law); $1 award

damages

a sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or injury.

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n. pl.

Indemnity, satisfaction, fine, forfeiture.

Damages

·Impf & ·p.p. of Damage.

Wikipedia

Damages

At common law, damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury. To warrant the award, the claimant must show that a breach of duty has caused foreseeable loss. To be recognised at law, the loss must involve damage to property, or mental or physical injury; pure economic loss is rarely recognised for the award of damages.

Compensatory damages are further categorized into special damages, which are economic losses such as loss of earnings, property damage and medical expenses, and general damages, which are non-economic damages such as pain and suffering and emotional distress. Rather than being compensatory, at common law damages may instead be nominal, contemptuous or exemplary.

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Pronunciation examples for damages

1. damage.

Making a Difference _ Sully Sullenberger _ Talks at Google

2. damage.

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3. damage.

The Influence of Teachers _ John Merrow _ Talks at Google

4. damage.

The Influence of Teachers _ John Merrow _ Talks at Google

5. and where immense damage, irreversible damage,

Independent Diplomat - Despatches from an Unaccountable Elite _ Carne Ross _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of damages

1. Salva is seeking actual damages exceeding $25,000 and punitive damages.

2. Philip Morris argued that punitive damages should not exceed 4 times the amount of actual damages, also known as compensatory damages.

3. The jury Monday awarded Gifford $50,000 in punitive damages and $2,000 in compensatory damages.

4. The couple sought more than $75,000 in actual damages and an unspecified amount in punitive damages.

5. She won compensatory damages of $800,000 and punitive damages of $7'.5 million – '7 times the compensatory damages – in the fraud lawsuit she filed against Philip Morris.