double damages

double damages
Multiple damages awarded under statutory authority for certain classes of wrongs, some courts regarding the excess of the award over the amount of injury actually sustained as an extraordinary liability imposed by way of penalty, others regarding it as an extraordinary liability imposed under a statute which is remedial and nonpunitive. 22 Am J2d Damg §§ 267, 268. The damages awarded for waste in some jurisdictions. 56 Am J1st Waste § 36. A term for an allowance on inconsistent theories. Anno: 17 ALR2d 1323. See exemplary damages.

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