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  • 41non-economic damages — ➔ damage1 * * * non economic damages UK US noun [plural] ► LAW money that is paid to someone because they have been physically harmed rather than because they have been caused financial loss: »There are financial limits on the amount of money… …

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  • 42general damages — see damage 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. general damages …

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  • 43exemplary damages — noun (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) • Syn: ↑punitive damages, ↑smart money • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 44actual damages — ➔ damage1 * * * actual damages UK US noun [plural] (also compensatory damages) LAW ► the amount of money that a court orders to be paid to someone in return for something that has been lost or damaged: »The jury originally awarded actual damages… …

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  • 45punitive 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… …

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  • 46Exemplary damages — Damage Dam age (d[a^]m [asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.… …

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  • 47Nominal damages — Damage Dam age (d[a^]m [asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.… …

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  • 48punitive damages — Damage Dam age (d[a^]m [asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.… …

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  • 49Smart money — Smart Smart, a. [Compar. {Smarter}; superl. {Smartest}.] [OE. smerte. See {Smart}, v. i.] 1. Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste. [1913 Webster] How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience. Shak. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 50vindictive damages — Damage Dam age (d[a^]m [asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.… …

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