loss of time

loss of time
An element of damages for personal injury confined to time prior to trial of the action therefor, being inability of the plaintiff to follow his ordinary pursuits regardless of whether he was being compensated therefor at the time of the accident. 22 Am J2d Damg § 89.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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