excessive damages

  • 1excessive damages — An award of damages by verdict which appears to have been given under the influence of passion or prejudice; an award so large as to shock the judicial conscience; an award so out of proportion to the damages proved as to indicate an abuse of the …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 2damages — 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,… …

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  • 3excessive — ex·ces·sive adj: exceeding what is proper, necessary, or normal; specif: being out of proportion to the offense excessive bail Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 4damages — 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

  • 5damages — 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… …

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  • 6excessive award — An award by arbitrators which embraces matters not contained in the submission. 5 Am J2d Arb & A § 150. See excessive damages …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 7excessive verdict — See excessive damages …

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  • 8Damages — This article is about the law term. For the television series, see Damages (TV series). For other uses, see Damages (disambiguation) …

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  • 9excessive verdict — noun : a verdict considered by the court as awarding shockingly and unreasonably high damages to the plaintiff even assuming that all the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff is true …

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  • 10Compensatory Damages — Money awarded to a plaintiff to compensate for damages, injury, or another incurred loss. Compensatory damages are awarded in civil court cases where loss has occurred as a result of the negligence or unlawful conduct of another party. To receive …

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