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  1. damages. In civil cases, damages are the remedy that a party requests the court award in order to try to make the injured party whole. Typically damage awards are in the form of monetary compensation to the harmed party.

  2. Jul 22, 2015 · The legal term “damages” refers to a sum of money that may be awarded by a court of law to an individual or entity as compensation for property damage, a physical injury, or other loss caused by another person’s actions. Damages that a court may award are divided into two basic types, “compensatory,” and “punitive.”.

  3. Damages, in law, money compensation for loss or injury caused by the wrongful act of another. Recovery of damages is the objective of most civil litigation. Originally redress of wrongs was direct—an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

  4. Damages. Monetary compensation that is awarded by a court in a civil action to an individual who has been injured through the wrongful conduct of another party. Damages attempt to measure in financial terms the extent of harm a plaintiff has suffered because of a defendant's actions.

  5. Damages definition: money to be paid as compensation to a person for injury, loss, etc. See examples of DAMAGES used in a sentence.

  6. Add to word list. money that is paid to someone by a person or organization who has been responsible for causing them some injury or loss: be awarded something in damages The politician was awarded £50,000 in damages over false allegations made by the newspaper.

  7. Add to word list. Add to word list. money that is paid to someone by a person or organization who has been responsible for causing them some injury or loss: be awarded something in damages The politician was awarded $50,000 in damages over false allegations made by the newspaper.

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