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general damages — see damage 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. general damages … Law dictionary
general damages — UK US noun [plural] LAW, INSURANCE ► the amount of money that a court orders to be paid to a person who has been injured or for something that has been lost or damaged, when it is impossible to judge the value of the pain, loss, etc.: »General… … Financial and business terms
general damages — noun (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated • Syn: ↑actual damages, ↑compensatory damages • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
general damages — one payment intended to compensate for all damages, compensation which was not determined by the parties in a contract … English contemporary dictionary
general damages in eminent domain — Properly, those damages which result from the taking of the property, including compensation for the property taken and injury to adjacent land of the condemnee. 26 Am J2d Em D § 159. In a very special sense of the term, damages common to the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
general damages in defamation — Such damages as will compensate for the natural and probable consequences of the publication. Turner v Hearst, 115 Cal 394, 47 P 129 … Ballentine's law dictionary
general damages in sales — For breach by seller: the difference between what the buyer agreed to pay, and the sum for which he could have supplied himself with goods of the same character at the place of delivery, or if not obtainable there, then at the nearest available… … Ballentine's law dictionary
damages — I noun amends, compensation, costs, expenses, expiation, fine, indemnification, indemnity, injury, just compensation, legal costs, legal liability, loss, penalty, recompense, recovery, reimbursement, remuneration for injury suffered, reparation,… … Law dictionary
Damages, Assessment of — Damages are not assessed in an arbitrary fashion but are subject to various judicial guidelines. The general principle is that the claimant is entitled to full compensation for his or her losses. The purpose of damages in tort is to put the… … Big dictionary of business and management
damages, actual — n. Damages for actual losses and injuries sustained; also called compensatory damages or general damages. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
