- avoidable consequences doctrine
- Precluding recovery of damages flowing from consequences reasonably avoidable by plaintiff. 22 Am J2d Damg § 30.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
avoidable consequences doctrine
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avoidable consequences doctrine — Doctrine imposes duty on person injured to minimize damages. Baglio v. N. Y. Central R. Co., 344 Mass. 14, 180 N.E.2d 798. The general rule relating to duty of party who has been wronged by breach of contract to mitigate damages; i.e. to not sit… … Black's law dictionary
avoidable consequences — avoidable con·se·quenc·es n: mitigation of damages (1) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. avoidable consequences … Law dictionary
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damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… … Black's law dictionary
damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… … Black's law dictionary
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