amount of damages
61nominal damages — noun (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑damages, ↑amends, ↑indemnity, ↑ …
62liquidated damages — noun An amount owed to a plaintiff in a lawsuit by the defendant that is determined by operation of law, such as the unpaid amount in a breach of contract. See Also: unliquidated damages …
63liquidated damages — An amount of money specified in a contract that a defaulting party will pay to the other if there is a breach of contract. The prearranged liquidated damages may be the amount of a deposit or a downpayment, or an agreed percentage of the total …
64nominal damages — An award to which the plaintiff is entitled, although he gives no evidence of any particular amount of loss, because the law infers damage from the breach of an agreement or the invasion of a right. Ferreira v Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd. 44… …
65double damages — noun twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to • Hypernyms: ↑punitive damages, ↑exemplary damages, ↑smart money …
66treble damages — noun three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to • Hypernyms: ↑punitive damages, ↑exemplary damages, ↑smart money …
67substantial damages — noun plural : damages which bring about actual economic loss or for which compensation in a substantial amount is awarded as distinguished from nominal damages awarded only to vindicate a legal right …
68nominal damages — Law. damages of a small amount awarded to a plaintiff where substantial compensable loss has not been established but whose legal rights were violated. [1790 1800] * * * …
69unliquidated damages — noun An amount owed to a plaintiff in a lawsuit by the defendant that can not be determined by operation of law, such as the value of pain and suffering in a tort case. See Also: liquidated damages …
70assessment of damages — Measuring and fixing the amount of compensatory damages. 22 Am J2d Damg §§ 45 et seq …
