ACTUAL DAMAGES
\ˈakt͡ʃuːə͡l dˈamɪd͡ʒɪz], \ˈaktʃuːəl dˈamɪdʒɪz], \ˈa_k_tʃ_uː_əl d_ˈa_m_ɪ_dʒ_ɪ_z]\
Definitions of ACTUAL DAMAGES
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
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(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
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(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
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are real, substantial and just damages, or the amount awarded to a complainant in compensation for his actual and real loss or injury, as opposed on the one hand to “nominal†damages, and on the other to “exemplary†or “punitive†damages. Ross v. Leggett, 61 Mich. 445, 28 N. W. 695. 1 Am. St Rep. 608: Lord v. Wood, 120 Iowa, 303, 94 N. W. 842; Western Union Tel. Co. v. Lawson, 66 Kan.. 600, 72 Pac. 2S3; Field v. Monster. 11 Tex. Civ. App. 341, 32 S. W. 417; Oliver v. Columbia, etc., R. Co., 05 S. C. 1, 43 S. E. 307; Gatzow v. Buening, 106 Wis. 1. 81 N. W. 1003, 49 L. R. A. 475, 80 Am. St. Rep. 1 ; Osborn v. Leach, 135 X. C. 02S 47 S. E. 811, 66 L. R. A. 648; Gen. St. Minn. 1S94.
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